{"product_id":"p-j-c-i-e-povel-jensen-colding","title":"P.J.C. [i.e. Povel Jensen Colding].","description":"\u003cp\u003eVery rare first and only edition of the first published Danish-Latin dictionary, by Tycho Brahe s (1546-1601) young assistant, who was briefly with Brahe in the last year of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe preface is dedicated to the Bishop of Zealand Hans Poulson Resen, who had placed his library collections at Colding s disposal. It refers to Colding s earlier work, Etymologicum Latinum, a folio work published at Rostock in 1622, begun before his appointment. The dictionary, like the Etymologicum, is significant for the wealth of Danish words that it collected. The preface argues for the virtues of the Danish language, which Colding worries has been corrupted by invasive foreign influence. Latin is posited as the language best suited do express Danish because of its applicability to both domestic words and to the technical and mechanical arts. One interesting entry, for example, is for Bisspe paa Skackspil, i.e. bishops in chess, for which Colding gives the Latin definition saggitarius, i.e. archer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Danish sources, in 1601 Colding (1581-1640) travelled to Prague, serving Brahe from June until his final illness in October. Brahe was at the time working on the Rudolphine Tables, but not all of Brahe s servants helped with his astronomical work, and there is no evidence that Colding was proficient in such matters. Colding then travelled in Europe, visiting Rome and Germany, before returning home in 1604. Fulfilling various ecclesiastical and administrative offices, in 1622 he was chosen as headmaster of Herlufsholm, a gymnasium in Naestved founded in 1565 by Herluf Trolle and his wife Birgitte G‚àö‚àèye, the declining fortunes of which he dramatically improved. It was here that Colding wrote his Danish-Latin dictionary (for which it is also named), designed primarily for the use of his students. He resigned his post in 1638.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P.J.C. [i.e. Povel Jensen Colding].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57868723913039,"sku":"L4810","price":2450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.sokol.co.uk\/products\/p-j-c-i-e-povel-jensen-colding","provider":"Sokol Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}