Appunti di toponomastica negli Itineraria ad loca sancta [Notes on toponymy in 'Itineraria ad loca sancta']

Abstract

The paper examines some toponyms, which are found in a late-Latin pilgrimage text from the 6th century, known as "De situ Terrae Sanctae". Ancient biblical and extra-biblical tradition is compared with medieval and late-antiquity lexicographical works, such as glossaries, in order to establish a possible history of the semantic and narrative interpretation of each term.

Keywords

• onomastics
• toponyms
• late-latin
• pilgrimage texts
• itineraria
• geographical texts
• latin language
• medieval glossography
• toponymy
• lexicology
• lexical studies
• late latin
• vulgar latin