Osbern of Gloucester
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 work of Huguccio.
References
[edit]- ^ 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 Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hessels, John Henry (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 127.
Further reading
[edit]- Bateson, Mary (1895). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 278–279.
- Busdraghi, P.; et al., eds. (1996). Osberno, Derivazioni (two volumes ed.).
- Rigg, A.G. (2004). "Pinnock, Osbern [known as Osburn Pinnuc Claudianus]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20867. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
