Osbern of Gloucester
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Osbern Pinnock of Gloucester[1] (1123-1200) was an English Benedictine monk of St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester[2], and a lexicographical writer.
His Panormia, or Derivationes (Liber Derivationum), was a Latin word list compiled from about 1150 to 1180. It contained elements of both the glossary of rarer words, and derivations (based on etymology) and so was innovative; but at this stage the two aspects were kept separate.[3] This work was printed by Angelo Mai in 1836 as Thesaurus novus latinitatis[4]; its authorship is a later attribution of Wilhelm Meyer. It was widely circulated, and influenced later works of Huguccio and Papias the Lombard.
[edit] References
- P. Busdraghi and others, editors (1996), Osberno, Derivazioni, two volumes
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry for Osbern Pinnock
[edit] Notes
- ^ Osbernus Glocestriensis, Claudianus Osbernus Pinnuc.
- ^ Houses of Benedictine monks - The abbey of St Peter at Gloucester | British History Online
- ^ J. Shaw: The Printed Dictionary in France Before 1539: A.1.3-A.1.3.3
- ^ Gloss - LoveToKnow 1911
[edit] External links
- (German) [1]
