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Finding the right words : Isidore's Synonyma in Anglo-Saxon England
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Finding the right words : Isidore's Synonyma in Anglo-Saxon England / Claudia Di Sciaccia.
ISBN
9780802091291 (bound)
0802091296 (bound)
Published
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2008.
Physical Description
xvi, 323 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes text in Latin and Old English.
Format
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Language
English; English, Old (ca. 450-1100); Latin
Added to Catalog
December 17, 2008
Series
Toronto Old English series ; 19
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-304) and index.
Contents
1. Isidore of Seville : his life and culture
2. The Synonyma : their structure, style, and sources
3. Isidore and the Synonyma in the British Isles
4. The vernacularization of the Synonyma : the case of Vercelli xxii
5. The vernacularization of the Synonyma : the ubi sunt Topos
6. The Synonyma in Anglo-Latin literature
7. The Synonyma in Anglo-Saxon England : some conclusions.
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