William Patten, The Calender of Scripture (1575)
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Date
1575
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Book title
The Calender of Scripture. Whearin the Hebru, Challdian, Arabian, Phenician, Syrian, Persian, Greek and Latin names, of Nations, Cuntreys, Men, Weemen, Idols, Cities, Hils, Riuers, & of oother places in the holly Byble mentioned, by order of letters ar set, and turned into oour English toong
Publication place
London
Publisher
Richard Jugge
Transcription source
EEBO/TCP transcription
Text type
manuscript
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
- Hebrew
- Latin
- place name
- proper name
Summary
A dictionary of transliterated Hebrew or Greek proper names from the Bible derived largely from Francis Ximenes (Spanish), John Arquery (French), and Robert Stepheni (French). The post-lemmatic explanation of each wordentry cites the source and gives the Latin and English translations of the headword.
Language
headwords: Transliterated Hebrew
explanations: Latin, English
explanations: Latin, English
explanations: Latin, English
explanations: Latin, English
Incipit
AAbaoth. Hebraicum. Arquerius. Maxilla: A cheek bone. In Hieremia
Extent
193 folios +
Word-group
type: alphabetical
number: 187
number: 187
Word-entry
type: headword
number: 5684
sample: Ecstasis. Græc. Arq. Mentis excessus. Pro rei magnitudine obstupescens animus. Spiritualis contemplatio, quasi anima è corpore excedens: An out passing of the mynd, when the mynd is astonyed for the greatnes of a thing. An inward beeholding. As it wear a soll passing oout of the body.
number: 5684
sample: Ecstasis. Græc. Arq. Mentis excessus. Pro rei magnitudine obstupescens animus. Spiritualis contemplatio, quasi anima è corpore excedens: An out passing of the mynd, when the mynd is astonyed for the greatnes of a thing. An inward beeholding. As it wear a soll passing oout of the body.
Alston
VI.524; XIV.85
STC
19476
Catalog
Maunsell, Andrew. The Catalogue of English Printed Books. 1595. English Bibliographical Sources, Series 2. 2 parts. London: Gregg, Archive, 1965. I: 26, 79. view record
Other editions
ca. 1584: Cambridge University Library MS Dd.11.40 ("Names expounded of certain regions and places")
Criticisms
Hill, Betty. "Trinity College Cambridge MS.B. 14. 52, and William Patten." Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 4 (1964-68): 192-200. view record
O'Kill, Brian. "The Printed Works of William Patten (c. 1510-c. 1600)." Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 7 (1977-80): 28-45. view record
Schoeck, R. J. "The Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries and Men of Law." Notes and Queries 199 (1954 October): 417-21. view record
Hill, Betty. "William Patten's Friends." New Series. Leeds Studies in English 29 (1998): 127-36. view record
O'Kill, Brian. "The Printed Works of William Patten (c. 1510-c. 1600)." Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 7 (1977-80): 28-45. view record
Schoeck, R. J. "The Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries and Men of Law." Notes and Queries 199 (1954 October): 417-21. view record
Hill, Betty. "William Patten's Friends." New Series. Leeds Studies in English 29 (1998): 127-36. view record
Sources
- Arquerius, Joannes. Dictionarium Theologicum, ex sacrosanctis Bibliis ueteris translationis, & S. Patribus ... excerptum: in quo omnia fere? nomina ... quorum in Bibliis mentio fit, explicantur, etc. . Basileæ: Per B. Franconem, expensis I. Oporini, 1567. view record
