From the Dictionary of Medieval Latin in Czech Lands. Gracocenderius

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

From the Dictionary of Medieval Latin in Czech Lands. Gracocenderius

Original language description

The main aim of this article is to identify the origin and meaning of one Latin zoological term transmitted in the works of Thomas of Cantimpré and the Czech medieval lexicographer Bartholomaeus de Solencia dictus Claretus. Both works employ names of animals that are extremely difficult to interpret either semantically or linguistically and whose Greek or Latin origin is not immediately clear. Most of them are attached to animals which mediaeval authors became acquainted with through Aristotle. Thomas used the Latin translation of Aristotle’s work „Historia animalium“ translated from Arabic by Michael Scotus. Due to phonetical differences between these languages as well as mistakes in both translations, the text of Aristotle and the forms of the original Greek names were variously modified. Aristotle’s term (genitive plural) „korakoeidón“ from the phrase „to tón korakoeidón ornithón genos“ (the birds of the raven group) appears at Michael Scotus as „cracocenderon“, at Thomas of Cantimpré in the form „gracocenderon“ and at Claretus in the form „gracocenderius“. The meaning of the name remained hidden to medieval encyclopedists and lexicographers and illustrators of Thomas’ encyclopaedia and related works were apparently also at a loss as to the looks of the chaste bird: each took a different approach, which resulted in very divergent visual interpretations.

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60202 - Specific languages

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Listy filologické

ISSN

0024-4457

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Volume of the periodical

140

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3/4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

455-470

UT code for WoS article

000424855000007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85041624838