Basilio Brollo's dictionarium sinico-latinum (Chinese-Latin dictionary) : a critical edition of the manuscript Rinuccini 22 (Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana) / Basilio Brollo ; Gabriele Tola, Sapienza University of Rome & University of Perugia ; with a preface by Federico Masini and Paolo de Troia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Basilio da Gemona, 1648-1704, Author.

Contributor:

Tola, Gabriele (Chinese studies scholar), writer of added commentary.

Masini, Federico, writer of preface.

De Troia, Paolo, writer of preface.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; Series III, v. 134.

Studies in the history of the language sciences ; volume 134

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basilio da Gemona, 1648-1704. Dictionarium sinico-latinum.

Basilio da Gemona.

Chinese language--Dictionaries--Latin.

Chinese language.

Genre:

dictionaries.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2026]

Summary:

"This publication is the first and long-awaited critical edition of the Dictionarium sinico-latinum (Chinese-Latin dictionary) by the Franciscan missionary Basilio Brollo (1648-1704; Chinese name, Ye Zunxiao). This publication thoroughly researches for the first time a lexicographical milestone, copied and plagiarised for centuries as a fundamental linguistic instrument. It is aimed not only at scholars of (missionary) linguistics, lexicography, and lexicology, but also represents an essential reference for researchers of cultural interaction between Europe and China, and of conceptual history. Based on the edition stored in Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana in Florence, known as "Rinuccini 22" (1694), this volume opens with a variety of research articles on different linguistic, historical, and cultural aspects of the Dictionarium, followed by the transcription of the whole dictionary, including Chinese characters and their variants, romanisations, Latin definitions, examples, and Chinese glosses. It is one of the results of the PRIN 2022 PNRR project "CHIN-DICTIONARY", led by Gabriele Tola"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Technical and linguistic notes / Gabriele Tola

In search of clues for dating Rinuccini 22 and Borg. Cin. 475 : A comparison of the historical and biographical notes found in the two manuscripts / Mattia Marconi

Brollo and romanisation : Theory, practice, and cross-cultural context / Emanuele Raini

Tracing the metalinguistic markedness of Basilio Brollo’s Dictionarium sinico-latinum : A tool for contemporary readers / Silvana Maiello

Brollo’s Dictionarium sinico-latinum and Christian Catholic terms / Mattia Marconi

Sino-Franciscan landscapes : Toponyms and selected geographical terms in Brollo’s Dictionarium sinico-latinum : A case study / Erica Cecchetti

Female figures in the Dictionarium sinico-latinum / Ya Chen

Linguistic aspects of rice terminology : A preliminary study on rice cultivation in Brollo’s Dictionarium sinico-latinum / Victoria Almonte & Ya Chen

Brollo’s Dictionarium sinico-latinum and later lexicographical production : The connection with Dominicans and late Qing dictionaries / Gabriele Tola

Brollo’s Dictionarium sinico-latinum database : Developing a flexible information system for the digital analysis of ancient bilingual Chinese dictionaries / Erasmo Di Fonso

Transcription note : How to use and read the dictionary / Emanuele Raini

Operis ratio, et usus

The structure and utility of this work / Silvana Maiello, Emanuele Raini & Gabriele Tola.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Bejamins ePlatform, viewed September 23, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Basilio da Gemona, 1648-1704 Basilio Brollo's dictionarium sinico-latinum (Chinese-Latin dictionary)

ISBN:

9789027243621

902724362X

OCLC:

1617232725

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access