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Telesio's dictionary of Latin color terms
Author(s) -
Osborne Roy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
color research and application
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1520-6378
pISSN - 0361-2317
DOI - 10.1002/col.10044
Subject(s) - dozen , meaning (existential) , sequence (biology) , latin americans , table (database) , artificial intelligence , linguistics , natural language processing , computer science , history , arithmetic , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology , chemistry , data mining , biochemistry
Abstract In 1528 the Calabrian poet Antonio Telesio (Antonius Thylesius) published his Booklet on Colors (Libellus de Coloribus) , the most extensive color dictionary of its time. Following an alphabetical index of 115 Latin color terms, Table I, his text attempted to establish the correct meaning and application of each within a highly organized sequence of categories. A dozen of these were based on general similarities in appearance, whereas others segregated the austere colors from the florid, the agreeable from the mournful, or brought together colors named after metals, places, plants, and animals. This article not only translates the individual color terms but also examines the manner in which they are grouped and sequenced within the text as a whole. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 27, 140–146, 2002; Published online in Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/col.10044