Queen Anna's New World of Words (Italian-English)
John Florio · 1611
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Description
John Florio published Queen Anna's New World of Words in 1611, a greatly expanded Italian-English dictionary. Florio taught languages at the court of James the First and had already issued a smaller word book in 1598. The new volume, dedicated to Queen Anne, carried some 46,000 Italian words explained in English.
Entries give rich clusters of English equivalents, along with proverbs and phrases from Italian writers. Florio also translated Montaigne's essays, and his word-hoard fed the English of his age; scholars still debate his links with Shakespeare's circle. The dictionary was the first full bridge between Renaissance Italy and Jacobean England. Students of both languages still consult it for words that later books dropped.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | John Florio |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1611 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4571089 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |