Osbern of Gloucester

Osbern Pinnock of Gloucester[1] (1123–1200) was an English Benedictine monk of St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester,[2] and a lexicographical writer.

His Panormia, or Derivationes (Liber Derivationum), was a Latin word list compiled from about 1150 to 1180. It contained elements of both the glossary of rarer words, and derivations (based on etymology) and so was innovative; but at this stage the two aspects were kept separate.[3] This work was printed by Angelo Mai in 1836 as Thesaurus novus latinitatis;[4] its authorship is a later attribution of Wilhelm Meyer. It was widely circulated, and influenced later work of Huguccio.

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  1. Osbernus Glocestriensis, Claudianus Osbernus Pinnuc
  2. Houses of Benedictine monks - The abbey of St Peter at Gloucester | British History Online
  3. J. Shaw: The Printed Dictionary in France Before 1539: A.1.3-A.1.3.3 Archived 2006-08-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Wikisource Hessels, John Henry (1911). "Gloss, Glossary". In Chisholm, Hugh. Encyclopædia Britannica. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 127.
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