Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
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Sebastián de Covarrubias y Orozco | Toledo | 1539 | Toledo | 1613 | M | P0893 |
Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
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lute vihuela guitar guitarra laúd | Cleric | Ecclesiastical | Church | Author Author - poet, playwright |
Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
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Toledo | 17cent | Castilla |
Sebastián de Covarrubias y Orozco (Toledo, 1539 - 1613), lexicographer, writer, cryptographer, chaplain of Felipe II in the cathedral of Cuenca. Most famous for his Tesoro de la lengua castellana (1611), relevant for its definitions of musical instruments.
See
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesoro_de_la_lengua_castellana_o_española
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastián_de_Covarrubias
Juan de Horozco y Covarrubias | was his | brother |