Ms. Codex 994 Lexicological notes
Title
Lexicological notesOther related names
- Ménage, Gilles, 1613-1692, dubious author
Call number
Ms. Codex 994(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 3751433
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3751433
Publisher
The University of Pennsylvania LibrariesLanguage
French, with Latin and Greek quotationsOrigin
Written in France, after 1678.
- Date
- after 1678
- Place
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France
Summary
One section of a larger collection of notes on word meanings and origins, especially in the areas of natural history and geography, with references to classical authors such as Pliny, Galen, Virgil, and Suetonius, often in Latin or Greek, and a smaller number of biblical references. The words are not in alphabetical order, but sometimes are grouped according to source.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger; Rudolf Hirsch used the title Notes et remarques lexicographiques based on the pencil notes inside the upper cover. The same notes report an attribution to Gilles Ménage. The date 1678 appears on page 2179.
Extent
274 leaves : 214 x 158 mm. bound to 227 x 170 mmFoliation
Paper, 296 leaves; 1891-2439; contemporary pagination in ink, upper center, suggests this is a section of a larger work; [1-596]; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.Support
PaperBinding
Contemporary parchment (Hirsch).Script
Provenance
- Purchased, 1964.
Subjects topical
- French language--Lexicology, Historical--Early works to 1800
- Language and languages--Etymology--Early works to 1800
Genres
- Codices
- Etymological dictionaries
- Manuscripts, French--18th century
- Manuscripts, European
Licenses
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- Text
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- URL
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- Text
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- URL
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Images
Inside front cover
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