Hēgemōn eis tas glōssas, id est, Ductor in linguas, the guide into tongues: cum illarum harmonia, & etymologijs, originationibus, rationibus, & deriuationibus in omnibus his vndecim linguis, viz.: 1. Anglica. 2. Cambro-Britanica. 3. Belgica. 4. Germanica. 5. Gallica. 6. Italica. 7. Hispanica. 8. Lusitanica seu Portugallica. 9. Latina. 10. Graeca. 11. Hebrea, &copera, studio, industria, labore & sumptibus Iohannis Minshaei in lucem editum & impressum ... = The guide into the tongues : with their agreement and consent one with another, as also their etymologies ...
Title
Hēgemōn eis tas glōssas, id est, Ductor in linguas, the guide into tongues: cum illarum harmonia, & etymologijs, originationibus, rationibus, & deriuationibus in omnibus his vndecim linguis, viz.: 1. Anglica. 2. Cambro-Britanica. 3. Belgica. 4. Germanica. 5. Gallica. 6. Italica. 7. Hispanica. 8. Lusitanica seu Portugallica. 9. Latina. 10. Graeca. 11. Hebrea, &copera, studio, industria, labore & sumptibus Iohannis Minshaei in lucem editum & impressum ... = The guide into the tongues : with their agreement and consent one with another, as also their etymologies ...
Date
1617
Place
Londini [London]
Publisher
Apud Ioannem Browne
Language
English
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
French
Italian
Spanish
Arabic
Dutch
German
Portuguese
Syriac
Danish
Welsh
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
French
Italian
Spanish
Arabic
Dutch
German
Portuguese
Syriac
Danish
Welsh
Note
IMPRINT:
Londini : Apud Ioannem Browne ..., anno 1617.
Londini : Apud Ioannem Browne ..., anno 1617.
With: Minsheu, John. Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum et Anglicum copiosissimum. Londini : Apud Ioannem Browne ..., [1617]. Issued together.
CRRS Library copy has armorial binding, with the arms of James I on covers.
CRRS Library copy has stamp of Aylwin Library.
CONDITION:
Leather binding, damaged. Almost all folios have separated from spine. One stitch around the tapes remains. Most tapes have detached from covers, paper is also very brittle. Paper appears to have been variable weight when used, also used some paper that was already damaged at edge (see especially 2V1r), pages and cover show worm damage.
Leather binding, damaged. Almost all folios have separated from spine. One stitch around the tapes remains. Most tapes have detached from covers, paper is also very brittle. Paper appears to have been variable weight when used, also used some paper that was already damaged at edge (see especially 2V1r), pages and cover show worm damage.
DEDICATIONS:
Epistola Dedicatoria (to King James, in Latin) X1, Prima Epistola Lectori (Latin) A1, Seconda Epistola Lectori (English) A3
Epistola Dedicatoria (to King James, in Latin) X1, Prima Epistola Lectori (Latin) A1, Seconda Epistola Lectori (English) A3
COLLATION:
Folio: π4 (π1 wanting), A6 ($3), 2A-2Y6 ($3) 2π2 ($1), 3π2, 3A-P6($3, +A1, A4, B4) Q2 ($1), χ2
2A2 signed Aa iij
Misnumbered pages: 51 (E2) labelled “52,” 77 (G3r) as “97,” 155 (N6r) as “157,” 183 (Q2r) as “184,” 360 (Gg6v) as “350,” 397 (Ll1r) as “437,” 399 (Ll2r) as “439.” Page numbers start at 2A1 and end at 2Z2r (543); no page numbers in Vocabularium.
Folio: π4 (π1 wanting), A6 ($3), 2A-2Y6 ($3) 2π2 ($1), 3π2, 3A-P6($3, +A1, A4, B4) Q2 ($1), χ2
2A2 signed Aa iij
Misnumbered pages: 51 (E2) labelled “52,” 77 (G3r) as “97,” 155 (N6r) as “157,” 183 (Q2r) as “184,” 360 (Gg6v) as “350,” 397 (Ll1r) as “437,” 399 (Ll2r) as “439.” Page numbers start at 2A1 and end at 2Z2r (543); no page numbers in Vocabularium.
CONTENTS:
π 1r – Title Page
π 2r - Epistola Dedicatoria (to King James, in Latin)
A1r - Prima Epistola Lectori (Latin)
A3r - Seconda Epistola Lectori (English)
A6r – Apparatus, key to abbreviations and runes
A6v – Acknowledgments
2A1r – Dictionarium Etymologicum
3π 1r – Title Page - Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum et Anglicum
3π 2r – Advertisements to the Readers
3π 1v – Key to language and grammar abbreviations
3A1r – Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum
π 1r – Title Page
π 2r - Epistola Dedicatoria (to King James, in Latin)
A1r - Prima Epistola Lectori (Latin)
A3r - Seconda Epistola Lectori (English)
A6r – Apparatus, key to abbreviations and runes
A6v – Acknowledgments
2A1r – Dictionarium Etymologicum
3π 1r – Title Page - Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum et Anglicum
3π 2r – Advertisements to the Readers
3π 1v – Key to language and grammar abbreviations
3A1r – Vocabularium Hispanicolatinum
Archive Location
Library Catalog
https://crrs.ca/rare_books/crrs-rare-book-retrieval-requests/
Num Pages
560
Call Number
PE1635 .A2 M56 1617
Item Type
Book
Files
Collection
Citation
John Minsheu, “Hēgemōn eis tas glōssas, id est, Ductor in linguas, the guide into tongues: cum illarum harmonia, & etymologijs, originationibus, rationibus, & deriuationibus in omnibus his vndecim linguis, viz.: 1. Anglica. 2. Cambro-Britanica. 3. Belgica. 4. Germanica. 5. Gallica. 6. Italica. 7. Hispanica. 8. Lusitanica seu Portugallica. 9. Latina. 10. Graeca. 11. Hebrea, &copera, studio, industria, labore & sumptibus Iohannis Minshaei in lucem editum & impressum ... = The guide into the tongues : with their agreement and consent one with another, as also their etymologies ...,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed July 28, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/8841.