Giovanni Tommaso Minadoi, The History of the Wars between the Turks and the Persians (1595)
Full Text
EEBO/TCP
Date
1595
Author
Translator
Abraham Hartwell Note: 30/09/2005
Lexicon title
A Table, conteyning the declaration of the Names and wordes, vsed in this Historie, as well Auncient, as Barbarous. Wherein the letter A. signifieth the Auncient: Barbarous. the Barbarous: P. the Persian: and T. the Turkish name or word.
Book title
THE HISTORY OF THE WARRES BETWEENE THE TVRKES AND THE PERSIANS. Written in Italian by Iohn-Thomas MInadoi, and translated into English by ABRAHAM HARTWELL. Containing the description of all such matters, as pertaine to the Religion, to the Forces to the Gouernement, and to the Countries of the kingdome of the Persians. Together with the Argument of euery Booke, & a new Geographicall Mappe
of all those Territories. A Table contayning a declaration aswell of diuerse new and Barbarous Names and Termes vsed in this History, as also how they were called in auncient times. And last of all, a Letter of the Authors, wherein is discoursed, what Cittie it was in the old time, which is now called Tauris, and is so often mentioned in this History.
Publication place
London
Publisher
John Wolf
Transcription source
EEBO (Henry E. Huntington Library). An EEBO/TCP transcription is also available.
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
- Persian
- place name
- Turkish
Summary
Hartwell's glossary serves his translation of Minadoi's book.
Language
headwords: Persian, Turkish, Barbarous, Ancient (Greek, Latin)
explanations: English
explanations: English
A language is plausibly, not certainly, assigned to each place name in the text. The same word may appear to have one language in the form (by default, non-English) and another in the explanation (by default, English). Sometimes Early Modern usage may have adopted an older form.
explanations: English
explanations: English
A language is plausibly, not certainly, assigned to each place name in the text. The same word may appear to have one language in the form (by default, non-English) and another in the explanation (by default, English). Sometimes Early Modern usage may have adopted an older form.
Incipit
John Windet
Extent
GGg4r-IIi4r
Word-group
type: alphabetical
number: 19
number: 19
Word-entry
type: headword
number: 238
sample: Candahar, P. a certaine Kingdome. In old time Peripaniso, A.
number: 238
sample: Candahar, P. a certaine Kingdome. In old time Peripaniso, A.
Schafer
1595 H
STC
17943
Sources
- Minadoi, Giovanni Tommaso. Historia della gverra fra Tvrchi, et Persiani, descritta in qvattro libri. Cominciando dall'anno MDLXXVII. nel quale furo li primi mouimenti di lei, seguendo per tutto l'anno MDLXXXV . Roma: Stamperia di I. Tornerio, & B. Donangel, 1587. view record
