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Isidore of Seville: Historical Contexts
No full text[EN] In the middle of the 8th century, the author of what is now called the Mozarabic Chronicle of 754 stressed the importance of the council called in Toledo during the third year of Sisenand’s reign, and noted the presence of Isidore and Braulio.25 This was the Fourth Council of Toledo, held in 633, at which Isidore played an important role. The council dealt with a disparate series of matters, and Isidore’s influence on it is clear
A Companion to Isidore of Seville
No full textA Companion to Isidore of Seville presents nineteen chapters from leading international scholars on Isidore of Seville (d. 636), the most prominent bishop of the Visigothic kingdom in Hispania in the seventh century and one of the most prolific authors of early medieval western Europe. Introductory studies establish the political, religious and familial contexts in which Isidore operated, his key works are then analysed in detail, as are some of the main themes that run throughout his corpus. Isidore's influence extended across the entire Middle Ages and into the early modern period in fields such as church governance and pastoral care, theology, grammar, science, history-writing, linguistics, all topics that are explored in the volume.</p
A Companion to Isidore of Seville
No full textA Companion to Isidore of Seville presents nineteen chapters from leading international scholars on Isidore of Seville (d. 636), the most prominent bishop of the Visigothic kingdom in Hispania in the seventh century and one of the most prolific authors of early medieval western Europe. Introductory studies establish the political, religious and familial contexts in which Isidore operated, his key works are then analysed in detail, as are some of the main themes that run throughout his corpus. Isidore's influence extended across the entire Middle Ages and into the early modern period in fields such as church governance and pastoral care, theology, grammar, science, history-writing, linguistics, all topics that are explored in the volume.</p
The Teaching of Isidore of Seville on Predestination
No full textThe views of Isidore of Seville on predestination are described based mainly on the thirtieth chapter of the second book of his De differentiis verborum and the sixth chapter of the third book of his Sententiae. A comparative analysis of the texts of Isidore with their sources follows. As a result, the author of this article refutes earlier argumentation claiming that Isidore’s teaching on predestination contained nothing new but was totally lifted from that of Fulgentius of Ruspe and Gregory the Great. The author on the contrary points out the original elements in Isidore’s teachin
Brevitas in the writings of Isidore of Seville
No full textA large number of the works of Isidore of Seville were described by the author, by close contemporaries, or by subsequent users as being written with brevity. This paper seeks to understand why Isidore claimed to be writing with brevity so often and why brevity was such an important feature of writing in Visigothic Spain. Isidore does not have any special primacy on this issue – he was neither the first to claim to be writing briefly nor the first to fail to write briefly, nor was he the first writer to rationalise the brevity claim. But Isidore is interesting for the fact that he thought about brevity in abstract terms and that his thinking on the matter influenced some very near contemporaries. This happy conjunction means that by exploring Isidore’s writings about brevity and those of his successors we can come to a better understanding of the meaning of the common brevity topos in early medieval writing.</p
Brevitas in the writings of Isidore of Seville
No full textA large number of the works of Isidore of Seville were described by the author, by close contemporaries, or by subsequent users as being written with brevity. This paper seeks to understand why Isidore claimed to be writing with brevity so often and why brevity was such an important feature of writing in Visigothic Spain. Isidore does not have any special primacy on this issue – he was neither the first to claim to be writing briefly nor the first to fail to write briefly, nor was he the first writer to rationalise the brevity claim. But Isidore is interesting for the fact that he thought about brevity in abstract terms and that his thinking on the matter influenced some very near contemporaries. This happy conjunction means that by exploring Isidore’s writings about brevity and those of his successors we can come to a better understanding of the meaning of the common brevity topos in early medieval writing.</p
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No full textHandwritten letter from Isidore Singer to author Ludwig Speidel regarding Singer's book Sollen die Juden Christen werden? Ein offenes Wort an Freund und Feind
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Presence of Augustine of Hippo in Isidore of Seville: Some Provisional Remarks
No full textInternational audienceAugustine of Hippo is the most quoted author by Isidore of Seville. Isidore uses Augustine in all his works, without exception, and he knows at least 53 of Augustine’s works. However, Augustine’s presence in Isidore has rarely been studied, probably because scholars were discouraged by the extent of the task. It was only in 2013 that J.C. Martín published two general surveys on the subject, but in spite of their richness they are very brief (four pages each). In this chapter, I outline some lines of research: I give some details about the works of Augustine known to Isidore and I examine some unexpected ways in which the Sevillian used the works of his predecessor
Isidore of Seville’s Synonyms: content, style, sources of the work
No full textThe article is devoted to the Synonyma – one of the most interesting writings of Isidore of Seville (560-636). The author briefly presents its content, structure, style, writes about its influence on medieval Latin prose and about its antecedents, both classical as well as Christian (biblical and liturgical)
Serpents-Sirens in St Isidore of Seville. The Question of Name Attribution
No full textTematem artykułu jest kwestia nazwy latających węży Arabii, które wg świadectwa Izydora z Sewilli miały być nazywane Syrenami. Opowieści o uskrzydlonych wężach miały wielowiekową tradycję przed Izydorem w literaturze greckiej i łacińskiej; pojawiły się już w V w. przed Chr. za sprawą Herodota (Dzieje II 75-76). Jednak ich określenie jako Syreny zostaje poświadczone po raz pierwszy dopiero w Etymologiach XIV 3,7 biskupa Sewilli. Autor artykułu śledzi zachowane informacje zarówno u autorów pogańskich, jak i chrześcijańskich, starając się odpowiedzieć, co było źródłem tej informacji Izydora. W rezultacie tych eksploracji wskazuje na pewną zagadkową wzmiankę w Komentarzu do Księgi Izajasza św. Hieronima. Po jej analizie w oparciu o inne teksty Hieronima autor wyjaśnia, w jaki sposób nazwa Syren, pierwotnie niezwiązana z opowieścią o skrzydlatych wężach Arabii została przez Izydora włączona do ich opisu.
The topic of the article is the question of the name of Arabia’s flying serpents that, according to Isidore of Seville’s account, were to be called by the name of sirens. Tales about winged serpents had had a centuries-old tradition even before Isidore, in the Greek and Latin literatures. They appeared for the first time in the 5th century BC thanks to Herodotus and his Histories II 75-76. However, not until Isidore of Seville and his Etymologiae XIV 3,7 were those serpents specifically referred to as sirens. The author of the article traces back the surviving texts by both the pagan and Christian authors. He tries to find out what the Isidore’s source of this piece of information was. As a result of his research, the author points to a mysterious mention found in St. Jerome’s Commentary on Isaiah. After its thorough analysis, based on other texts by Jerome, the author explains how the name of sirens – previously not related to the tale about Arabia’s winged serpents – has been incorporated into their description created by Isidore
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