Marcellus Palingenio Stellato, The Zodiac of Life (1561)
Date
1561
Author
Marcellus
Palingenius(alternate name for
Marcellus
Palingenio Stellato
)
Translator
Barnabe
Googe
Note: 30/09/2005
Lexicon title
A Table, brefelye declarynge the signification and meanynge of all suche Poetical wordes, as are conteined wythin this boke, for the better vnderstanding thereof
Book title
The firste syxe bokes of the mooste christian Poet Marcellus Palingenius, called the zodiake of life. Newly translated out of Latin into English by Barnabe Googe
Publication place
London
Printer
Iohn Tisdale
Publisher
Rafe Newbery
Transcription source
British Library
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
poetry
Summary
An "Alphebet of Poeticall wordes" (epistle).
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
T7v-U8r
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Agauippe, a certayne wel consecrated to the muses, in the country of Boetia
sample: Agauippe, a certayne wel consecrated to the muses, in the country of Boetia
Schafer
1561 G
STC
19149 reel 515:01
Other editions
1560: STC 19148 ("The first thre bokes...", with a shorter glossary);
1565: STC 19150 ("The zodiake of life...", 12 books; London: Henry Denham for Rafe Newbery PA 8555 P3 26 1565 CRRB);
1576: STC 19151;
1588: STC 19152
1565: STC 19150 ("The zodiake of life...", 12 books; London: Henry Denham for Rafe Newbery PA 8555 P3 26 1565 CRRB);
1576: STC 19151;
1588: STC 19152
Facsimiles
Palingenio Stellato, Marcello. The Zodiake of life. New York: Scholars' Facsimiles, 1947.
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Criticisms
Eccles, Mark. "Barnabe Googe in England, Spain, and Ireland." English Literary Renaissance 15.3 (1985): 353-70.
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Sources
- Palingenio Stellato, Marcello. Zodiacus Vitae; sive, De Hominis Vita Libri XII; ad optimarum editionum fidem accurate. Ed. C.H. Weise. Lipsia: Holtze, 1871. view record
