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Marketing Fragment 6 X 10.T65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88674-1 - Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage John Considine Index More information Index Abelard 274 Ambrogio, Teseo 102 Acade´mie franc¸aise 246, 284 Amerbach, Bonifacius 116 Dictionnaire de l’acade´mie franc¸aise 2, 112, Amerbach, Johannes 28--9 299 American languages, see New World languages. academy dictionaries 112, 300 Americans as lovers of English 9 Accademia della Crusca, see Vocabolario. Amiens 261, 263, 286 Accorso, Buono 27 Ammann, Johann Jacob 126 Accursius the jurist and his followers 32, 71, 256 Ammianus Marcellinus 73 Achery, Jean Luc de 264, 273 Amsterdam, Franciscus Junius resident in 223 Adam 108, 142--3. See also Edenic language. Anacreontea 16, 74--6, 81, 99 Adam of Veleslavı´n, Daniel 91 Andre´sson, GuDmundur 228, 235, 237, 243 Ælfric 158, 250 Andronicus of Rhodes 92 Grammar 161, 198, 201, 216, 229 Angles 189 Glossary 161--2, 162--3, 164, 167, 190, 216, Anglo-Saxon chronicle 162, 165, 167, 193 229, 257 Anglo-Saxon printing types 224, 227, 235 Aelian 127 Anglo-Saxons and their culture 149, 158, 164, Aeneas 77, 86--7, 186--7 165--6, 172, 189, 274 Aeschines 84 Anisson, Jacques 284 Aeschylus 35, 60, 73, 76, 77, 78, 80 Anisson, Jean 267, 275, 284--5 African languages 103, 292 Annius of Viterbo 108 Agatharchides 76 Annolied 224 Albericus de Rosate, Dictionarium iuris 257 antiquarian scholarship 25--6, 141, 144, 152, 180, Alberta Elders’ Cree Dictionary 13 182, 184, 185, 193, 200, 203--4, 206, 211, 239, Alcaeus 75, 77 241, 263, 265, 267, 269 Alciato, Andrea 23 Antoninus of Placentia, Itinerarium 273 Aldhelm, De laude virginum 273 Antwerp Aldrete, Bernado 111 antiquarian scholarship in 141, 144, 152, Aldus, Aldine, see Manutius. 188--9 Alexander of Tralles 74 languages in 147 Alexander VI, pope 106 manuscripts in 216 Alexandria, philology at 19, 25 publishing at 145 Alfonso X, king of Castile 104 sack by Spanish troops 169 Alfred, king of England 167 Apollodorus 262 Allen, P. S. 37 Appian 77 alphabetical order in dictionaries and wordlists Apuleius 50 24, 30, 34, 41, 45, 46, 82, 127, 163, 176, 187, Arabic language 17, 48, 307 217, 229, 240, 271, 294. See also Coptic--Arabic glossary 102 etymological order and subject-ordered Aramaic language 120, 307 arrangement. archaeology 14, 101, 139, 184, 204, 237, 296 Alteus Capito 73 Archer, Sir Simon 216 Althamer, Andreas 129 Archpoet, the 274 375 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88674-1 - Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage John Considine Index More information 376 Index Aretaeus of Cappadocia 136 Beck, Cave 294--5, 299 Aristides 287 Bede, Saint, Historia ecclesiastica, in Old English Aristotle 21, 79, 96, 97 165, 166, 193, 213, 220 Aristophanes 79, 96 beer 166 Armenian language 102, 128, 129, 251, 309, 310. Bellarmine, Robert, Saint 94 See also Rivola, Francesco. Bennett, Arnold 4 Armstrong, Elizabeth 42 Beowulf 13, 159, 274 Arnobius 253, 278 Berlaimont, Noel de 289 Arrian 251 Berosus and pseudo-Berosus 108, 143--4, 191, 221, Arthur, king of Britain 162 237 Arundel collection of manuscripts 209, 218 best authors, see canonical authors. Arundel, Thomas, earl of 218--19 bestiaries 274 Ashkenaz 108 Bible Ashmole, Elias 216 Estienne editions 40, 51, 65, 95 Asian languages 103, 282, 292 Gothic translation 154, 227. See also Ateius, Lucius 25 Codex Argenteus. Athenaeus 20, 24--5, 79, 96 Luther’s translation 105, 131 Athenagoras 76, 127 New Testament in Greek 80 Athens and destruction of Greek culture 87 numbering of verses 49 Augsburg 122, 136 Old English glosses 161, 167, 180, 233 best German arguably spoken in 130 Old English translations 164, 166, 193, 196, Georg Henisch works at 135 225, 248 Roman inscriptions at 117 Septuagint 80 Stadtbibliothek 11, 136, 251 vernacular translations 106 Augustine, Saint 278 Vulgate 257 Augustus, duke of Saxony 84 Individual books: Acts 81 Aventinus, Johannes 108--9, 115, 116, 117, 122, 129, Ezekiel 108 151, 170 Galatians 63 Genesis 107, 143, 166 Babel 107--8, 137, 142, 148, 191, 221, 293, 306, 308, Psalms 27, 81, 90 310, 311 Revelations 232 Babinger, Franz 140 Romans 39 Bade, Josse 57, 59 Song of Songs 153 Baduel, Claude 37--8 bibliography and bibliographies 73, 118--19, 127, Baı¨f, Jean de, 60 269. See also catalogues of books and Baı¨f, Lazare de, 35, 51, 79 manuscripts Balbi, Giovanni, Catholicon 24, 32, 71, 103, Bibliotheca Eliotae, see Elyot. 256--7, 272, 274--5 Bibliotheca patrum 94 Bale, John 128, 158, 161, 258 Bignon, Je´roˆme 182--3, 184, 186, 188, 279 Barbaro, Ermolao 51 Bion 78 bards 203, 283 Biondo, Flavio 105, 109, 115, 120, 171, 259 Barlow, Thomas 215 Boardman, Sir John 9 Baron, Jean-Le´onore 262, 276, 278 Boccaccio, Giovanni 6, 105, 111 Baronius, Caesar, Annales 94 Bodin, Jean 108--9 Basel: Boethius 230, 274 best German arguably spoken in 130 Bongars, Jacques 257 Council of 124, 235 Book of revelations of Adam 256 intellectual life of 260 books as heritage objects 11--12, 160--1, 216, printing at 28--9, 96, 115, 126 246--7 Basil, Saint 80 Borghini, Vincenzio 111 Basque language 105, 154, 292, 300 Borja y Castro, Juan 91 Batavi 151, 154 Boswell, Sir William 193, 196, 294 Bath, Henry, earl of 195 Bourges, university of 32, 126, 259 Beatus, see Rhenanus Bowyer, Robert 180 Becanus, see Goropius. Bowyer, William 167, 180 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88674-1 - Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage John Considine Index More information Index 377 Boyle, Robert 294 Caelius Rhodiginus, see Ricchieri. Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius 197, 222, 283, 307 Caesar, Caius Julius 63, 114, 122 Boys, John 212, 216 Calepino, Ambrogio 27, 29, 30, 31, 45, 53 Bracciolini, Poggio 72 Latin dictionary 29--31, 40, 42--3, 48, 49, Bradshaw, John 192, 193, 197 50, 51, 127, 130, 134, 156, 214, 237 Breton language 290 polyglot editions 29, 289 Breughel, Pieter 145 Calvin, Jean, reformer 35, 51 Britain, see also England and Scotland. Calvinus, Johannes, lexicographer 174, 257 languages of 172 Cambridge, university of 84, 174, 179, 193, 214, mythical past of 189 215, 294, 296 Roman antiquities and topography of 161, Camden, William 109, 144, 166, 169, 180, 182, 169--71 184, 187, 188--9, 213, 241, 260, 274 Bruni, Leonardo 72 Campion, Edmund, Saint 189 Brunschvig, Le´on, He´ritage des mots 15 Canadian Oxford Dictionary 8 Bryennios, Nikephoros 265 Canisius, Henricus 260 Buchanan, George 81 canon-formation and heritage 13, 19 Bude´, Guillaume 18, 31--5, 35--8, 45, 52, 57, 61, canonical authors 21, 37, 40, 42-40, 43, 45, 50, 62, 69--70, 71, 79, 84, 99, 159, 179, 184, 199, 67, 79 205, 256, 261, 262, 289 Canterbury Annotationes in quattuor et viginti antiquarian scholarship in 203--4 pandectarum libros 32, 41, 47 archives and libraries at 204, 205 Commentarii linguae graecae 33--4, 35, 36, cathedral and its clergy 204, 205, 210--11, 38, 47, 61, 69, 70, 96, 217, 271 212 De asse et partibus eius 33 home of William Somner 203--9,,211--12 De transitu hellenismi ad christianismum intellectual life of 204, 209, 215 35, 38, 40 see of 12 Forensia 32, 34, 36 Carew, Richard 172, 180 Bude´, Jean, father of Guillaume Bude´ 31 Carmina Burana 11 Bude´, Jean, son of Guillaume Bude´ 37 Carteromachus, Scipio 82 Bude´, Mathieu, son of Guillaume Bude´ 70 Cartwright, William 231 buildings as heritage 8, 9, 10, 147, 162, 210 Casaubon, Florence 99 Bureus, Joannes 238--40, 243, 308 Casaubon, Isaac 86, 97, 99, 100, 204, 205, 215, collections for a dictionary 240 253, 281 Burgess, Anthony 8 Casaubon, John 204 Burgundians 172 Casaubon, Meric 7, 204--6, 206--7, 211--12, 213, Burnet, Gilbert 298 215, 220--1, 224, 245, 281 Busbecq, Ogier de 139--41, 154, 172, 223, 312 Cassander, Georg 125, 142, 153 Busch, Johann, Chronicle of Windesheim 270 Castelius, Johannes 94 Byzantine authors and texts 13--17, 251, 254, 255, Castell, Edmund 216 263, 265--6, 284, 286. See also Book of Castelvetro, Lodovico 64 revelations of Adam, Bryennios, Castricomius, Pancratius 153, 154 Chalkokondyles, Choniates, Chronicon Catalan language 103--4, 105, 106 paschale, Digesta, Eustathios, Expositiones, catalogues of books and manuscripts 11, 136, Gregoras, Kantakouzenos, Kedrenos, 250, 253 Kinnamos, Komnene, Makarios, Catholicon, see Balbi. Makrembolites, Moschopoulos, Nilus, Cato 50, 272 Paulos, Photius, Planudean anthology, Cecil, William, lord Burghley 161 Procopius, Psellus, pseudo-Kodinos, Cellarius and Ho¨nigerus, Greek Simmokattes, Skylitzes, Socrates, dictionary 290 Sozomenos, Sphrantzes, Strategicon, Suda, Celtic languages 112, 292, 311 Tactica, Theodoretus, Theophylact, and Germanic languages 312 Zonaras, Zosimus. Celtis, Conrad 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 157, 160, 161, 203 Cædmon Manuscript 159, 197, 213, 217, 224, Celto-Scythian language 109, 112, 310, 311, 312 225, 233 Celts 63, 109 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88674-1 - Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage John Considine Index More information 378 Index Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi 77 Kongelige Bibliotek 124 Chaldaic [¼ Aramaic?] language 129 university 140, 240, 242 Chalkokondyles, Laonikos 251 Coptic language 102, 251 Charlemagne 311 Coptic--Arabic glossary 102 capitularies of 279 Corpus iuris civilis 256 Charles I, king of England and Scotland 176 Cotgrave, Randle, Dictionarie of the French Charles the Bald, capitularies of 279 and English tongues 157 Charles VII, king of France 286 Cotton, Sir Robert
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