The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge

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Autor(a) principal: Williams, Geoffrey
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Galleron, Ionna
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Linha D'Água (Online)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/linhadagua/article/view/182816
Resumo: The publication of the Dictionnaire universel of Furetière in 1690 ushered in the age of the encyclopaedic dictionary. This was a relatively short-lived phenomenon of little more than a hundred years, but one which pathed the way to modern encyclopaedias. Furetière having died in 1688, his successor was Basnage de Beauval, a protestant exile based in the United Provinces of the Netherlands. It was Basnage who in the new 1701 edition transformed the dictionary by enlarging it considerably to a more genuine encyclopaedic coverage and calling on specialists to rewrite key sections, notably on the natural sciences. The simile of the hourglass is a means to show how the dictionary mediated knowledge from a vast array of sources and made the data available to contemporary and current day users. This paper demonstrates the hourglass effect through the lexicographical and learned sources that Basnage and his major compiler of scientific data, Regis of Amsterdam, brought into service. It looks at how Regis used numerous botanical sources in writing entries on Brazilian flora. Finally, we examine the influence of the work on the phenomenon of the universal dictionary and the development of the encyclopaedia.
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spelling The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of KnowledgeThe Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of KnowledgeLexicografia históricaRetrodigitalizaçãoDicionários enciclopédicosRastreio de origemBotânicaHistorical LexicographyRetrodigitisationEncyclopaedic DictionariesSource TrackingBotanyThe publication of the Dictionnaire universel of Furetière in 1690 ushered in the age of the encyclopaedic dictionary. This was a relatively short-lived phenomenon of little more than a hundred years, but one which pathed the way to modern encyclopaedias. Furetière having died in 1688, his successor was Basnage de Beauval, a protestant exile based in the United Provinces of the Netherlands. It was Basnage who in the new 1701 edition transformed the dictionary by enlarging it considerably to a more genuine encyclopaedic coverage and calling on specialists to rewrite key sections, notably on the natural sciences. The simile of the hourglass is a means to show how the dictionary mediated knowledge from a vast array of sources and made the data available to contemporary and current day users. This paper demonstrates the hourglass effect through the lexicographical and learned sources that Basnage and his major compiler of scientific data, Regis of Amsterdam, brought into service. It looks at how Regis used numerous botanical sources in writing entries on Brazilian flora. Finally, we examine the influence of the work on the phenomenon of the universal dictionary and the development of the encyclopaedia.The publication of the Dictionnaire universel of Furetière in 1690 ushered in the age of the encyclopaedic dictionary. This was a relatively short-lived phenomenon of little more than a hundred years, but one which pathed the way to modern encyclopaedias. Furetière having died in 1688, his successor was Basnage de Beauval, a protestant exile based in the United Provinces of the Netherlands. It was Basnage who in the new 1701 edition transformed the dictionary by enlarging it considerably to a more genuine encyclopaedic coverage and calling on specialists to rewrite key sections, notably on the natural sciences. The simile of the hourglass is a means to show how the dictionary mediated knowledge from a vast array of sources and made the data available to contemporary and current day users. This paper demonstrates the hourglass effect through the lexicographical and learned sources that Basnage and his major compiler of scientific data, Regis of Amsterdam, brought into service. It looks at how Regis used numerous botanical sources in writing entries on Brazilian flora. Finally, we examine the influence of the work on the phenomenon of the universal dictionary and the development of the encyclopaedia.Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas2021-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/otherapplication/pdftext/xmlhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/linhadagua/article/view/18281610.11606/issn.2236-4242.v34i2p9-25Linha D'Água; v. 34 n. 2 (2021): O papel da linguística na era das humanidades digitais; 9-252236-42420103-3638reponame:Linha D'Água (Online)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPenghttps://www.revistas.usp.br/linhadagua/article/view/182816/175478https://www.revistas.usp.br/linhadagua/article/view/182816/179887Copyright (c) 2021 Geoffrey Williams, Ionna Galleronhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWilliams, GeoffreyGalleron, Ionna2022-03-25T13:40:45Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/182816Revistahttp://www.revistas.usp.br/linhadaguaPUBhttp://www.revistas.usp.br/linhadagua/oai||ldagua@usp.br2236-42420103-3638opendoar:2023-09-13T12:17:57.567432Linha D'Água (Online) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge
The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge
title The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge
spellingShingle The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge
Williams, Geoffrey
Lexicografia histórica
Retrodigitalização
Dicionários enciclopédicos
Rastreio de origem
Botânica
Historical Lexicography
Retrodigitisation
Encyclopaedic Dictionaries
Source Tracking
Botany
title_short The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge
title_full The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge
title_fullStr The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge
title_full_unstemmed The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge
title_sort The Hourglass Effect: The Late Seventeenth Encyclopaedic Dictionary and the Dissemination of Knowledge
author Williams, Geoffrey
author_facet Williams, Geoffrey
Galleron, Ionna
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Williams, Geoffrey
Galleron, Ionna
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Lexicografia histórica
Retrodigitalização
Dicionários enciclopédicos
Rastreio de origem
Botânica
Historical Lexicography
Retrodigitisation
Encyclopaedic Dictionaries
Source Tracking
Botany
topic Lexicografia histórica
Retrodigitalização
Dicionários enciclopédicos
Rastreio de origem
Botânica
Historical Lexicography
Retrodigitisation
Encyclopaedic Dictionaries
Source Tracking
Botany
description The publication of the Dictionnaire universel of Furetière in 1690 ushered in the age of the encyclopaedic dictionary. This was a relatively short-lived phenomenon of little more than a hundred years, but one which pathed the way to modern encyclopaedias. Furetière having died in 1688, his successor was Basnage de Beauval, a protestant exile based in the United Provinces of the Netherlands. It was Basnage who in the new 1701 edition transformed the dictionary by enlarging it considerably to a more genuine encyclopaedic coverage and calling on specialists to rewrite key sections, notably on the natural sciences. The simile of the hourglass is a means to show how the dictionary mediated knowledge from a vast array of sources and made the data available to contemporary and current day users. This paper demonstrates the hourglass effect through the lexicographical and learned sources that Basnage and his major compiler of scientific data, Regis of Amsterdam, brought into service. It looks at how Regis used numerous botanical sources in writing entries on Brazilian flora. Finally, we examine the influence of the work on the phenomenon of the universal dictionary and the development of the encyclopaedia.
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