1593 Seville, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina.
Previous Next| Document | Date | Century | City | Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fray Diego de Guadix, Recopilacion de algunos nombres arabigos. | 1593 | 16cent/3/late | Sevilla | Andalucia |
An unpublished manuscript that attempts to be something of an etymological dictionary. The author gives an etymology of vihuela as a diminuitive of “viga” (beam).
| Document type | Subject | Siglum | Archive name | Call no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| non-fiction MS | Vihuelas Literature | Seville, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina. |
“viga: llaman en españa a el madero, o, pieça de madera a que (en latin) trabis es, bica, que (en arabigo) significa, contigo.1. tecum, 1. contigo, edificare, o, contigo hare casa y corrompido dizen viga y de aqui forman (a la castellana) este diminutivo, viguela (fol 418v)
| Name | Status when cited | Social status |
|---|---|---|
| Guadix, Fray Diego de | Living | Ecclesiastical |
Dated 1593, the source is a manuscript held in Seville in the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of the Cathedral.
| Code | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| schöner1999 | Schöner, Oliver. | Die Vihuela de mano im Spanien des 16. Jahrhunderts. Europäsiche Hochschulenschriften, vol 198. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1999. |