Isidore of Seville publishes Etymologiae
625 AD published
"The Etymologies", also known as the Origines ("Origins"), is an etymological encyclopedia compiled by Isidore towards the end of his life.
Etymologiae was the most used textbook throughout the Middle Ages.
It was so popular that it was read in place of many of the original classical texts that it summarized, so these ceased to be copied and were lost.
It was cited by Dante Alighieri, who placed Isidore in his Paradiso, quoted by Geoffrey Chaucer, and mentioned by the poets Boccaccio, Petrarch and John Gower.
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Isidore of Seville (Isidorus Hispalensis) Archbishop of Seville 60...
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