William Turner, The Names of Herbs in Greek, Latin, English, Dutch, and French (1548)
Full Text
EEBO/TCP
Date
1548
Author
William Turner Note: 15/10/2005
Book title
The names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe Duche & Frenche wyth the commune names that Herbaries and Apothecaries vse
Printer
S. Mierdman
Publisher
J. Day and W. Seres
Transcription source
STC Microfilms (British Library)
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
- Dutch
- French
- German
- Greek
- herbal
- Latin
Summary
Alphabetically-ordered paragraphs on herbs and their names in languages including English, Greek, Latin, and Dutch. Turner often devises names for the plants he saw. Unlike many earlier herbalists, he bases his work on empirical study.
Language
headwords: English, Greek, Latin, Dutch, French
explanations: English, Greek, Latin, Dutch, French, German
explanations: English, Greek, Latin, Dutch, French, German
explanations: English, Greek, Latin, Dutch, French, German
explanations: English, Greek, Latin, Dutch, French, German
Word-group
type: alphabetical
number: 22
number: 22
Word-entry
type: headword
number: 427
sample: Alnus is called in greke Clethra, in Englishe an alder tree or an aller tree, in duche erlinbaum, it groweth by water sydes and in marrishe middowes. (a7r)
number: 427
sample: Alnus is called in greke Clethra, in Englishe an alder tree or an aller tree, in duche erlinbaum, it groweth by water sydes and in marrishe middowes. (a7r)
STC
24359
Facsimiles
Turner, William. Libellus de re herbaria, 1538, The Names of Herbes, 1548. Publications of the Ray Society, no. 145. London: The Ray Society, 1965. view record
Modern editions
Turner, William. The Names of Herbes, A.D. 1548. Ed. James Britten. London Published 1881: N. Trübner for the English Dialect Society, n.d. view record
Criticisms
Arber, Agnes. Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany, 1470-1670. 1912. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1938. 101-02. view record
Rydén, Mats. "William Turner and the English Plant Names." Studies in Early Modern English. Ed. Dieter Kastovsky. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1994. 349-70. view record
Rydén, Mats. "William Turner: the First English Plant-name Scholar." A Wealth of English: Studies in Honour of Göran Kjellmer. Ed. Karin Aijmer. Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. Gothenburg studies in English, 81. Göteborg: n.p., 2001. 155-62. view record
Jones, Whitney R. D. William Turner: Tudor Naturalist, Physician and Divine. London: Routledge, 1988. view record
Nelson, G. A. William Turner's Contribution to the First Records of British Plants. Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, Scientific Section, vol. 8, pt. 4. Leeds: Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, 1959. view record
Rydén, Mats. "William Turner the Botanist in a European Context." Cultural Exchange between European Nations during the Renaissance. Eds. Gunnar Sorelius and Michael Srigley. Proceedings of the Symposium arranged in Uppsala by the Forum for Renaissance Studies of the English Department of Uppsala University, 5-7 June 1993. Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksell, 1994. 173-83. view record
Rydén, Mats. "William Turner and the English Plant Names." Studies in Early Modern English. Ed. Dieter Kastovsky. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1994. 349-70. view record
Rydén, Mats. "William Turner: the First English Plant-name Scholar." A Wealth of English: Studies in Honour of Göran Kjellmer. Ed. Karin Aijmer. Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. Gothenburg studies in English, 81. Göteborg: n.p., 2001. 155-62. view record
Jones, Whitney R. D. William Turner: Tudor Naturalist, Physician and Divine. London: Routledge, 1988. view record
Nelson, G. A. William Turner's Contribution to the First Records of British Plants. Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, Scientific Section, vol. 8, pt. 4. Leeds: Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, 1959. view record
Rydén, Mats. "William Turner the Botanist in a European Context." Cultural Exchange between European Nations during the Renaissance. Eds. Gunnar Sorelius and Michael Srigley. Proceedings of the Symposium arranged in Uppsala by the Forum for Renaissance Studies of the English Department of Uppsala University, 5-7 June 1993. Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksell, 1994. 173-83. view record
