Etymologised city: Meanings on urban space in Isidore of Seville’s Etymologiae

nº3 (july, 2009) • Archai: As Origens do Pensamento Ocidental

Autor: Luciano César Garcia Pinto

Resumo:

In this paper, we will deal with some aspects concerning the representations of urban space as they are made in some selected passages from the book XV (De aedificiis et agris) of Isidore of Seville?s (560-636 C.E.) Etymologiae. In this book, Isidore exposes the main words which he employs for describing the urban space. From a grammar-based scrutiny in which we can find four principles of definition – etymology, analogy, gloss, and difference –, Isidore presents the appropriate nuances of the uerba which describe and, at the same time, (re)signifies the res of urban space: ciuitas, urbs, etc.

Texto Completo: http://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/339/198

Palavras-Chave: urban space,etymology,late Antiquity

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