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Portuguese source of Chinese-Spanish lexicography

The connection between Chung-P’u tzu-hui (Jap. Sin. IV, 7) and Thesaurus rarissimus (Marsh 111)

 | Guangdong University of Finance & Economics
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Abstract
The similarities between an anonymous Chinese-Spanish manuscript dictionary Thesaurus rarissimus (Ms Marsh 111) kept in the Bodleian Library in Oxford and an anonymous Chinese-Portuguese manuscript dictionary in the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI, Jap. Sin. IV, 7) suggest that certain early Chinese-Spanish dictionaries were derived from Chinese-Portuguese lexicography. This study also helps explain the presence of Portuguese traces in a number of early Chinese-Spanish dictionaries.
Résumé
Les similitudes entre un dictionnaire manuscrit anonyme chinois-espagnol Thesaurus rarissimus (Ms Marsh 111) conservé à la bibliothèque Bodléienne d’Oxford et un dictionnaire manuscrit anonyme chinois-portugais conservé à l’Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI, Jap. Sin. IV, 7) suggèrent que certains dictionnaires chinois-espagnol anciens étaient dérivés de la lexicographie chinoise-portugaise. Cette étude contribue également à expliquer la présence de traces de portugais dans plusieurs dictionnaires chinois-espagnol anciens.
Zusammenfassung
Die Ähnlichkeiten zwischen einem anonymen chinesisch-spanischen Manuskriptwörterbuch Thesaurus rarissimus (Ms Marsh 111) aus der Bodleian Library in Oxford und einem anonymen chinesisch-portugiesischen Manuskriptwörterbuch im Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI, Jap. Sin. IV, 7) legen nahe, dass einige frühe chinesisch-spanische Wörterbücher auf chinesisch-portugiesischer Lexikografie basieren. Diese Studie trägt auch dazu bei, das Vorhandensein portugiesischer Spuren in einer Reihe früher chinesisch-spanischer Wörterbücher zu erklären.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Introducing the Chinese-Spanish Thesaurus rarissimus (Marsh 111)
  • 3.Introducing the Chung-P’u tzu-hui (ARSI, Jap. Sin. IV, 7)
  • 4.The connection between Marsh 111 and the Chung-P’u tzu-hui
    • 4.1Layout
    • 4.2Entry selection
    • 4.3Romanization
    • 4.4Portuguese Traces in Spanish translations
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Author queries
  • References
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