prosopographyn.

Brit.

/ˌprɒsə(ʊ)ˈpɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/ˌprɑsəˈpɑɡrəfi/

Forms: 1500s prosopographie, 1600s– prosopography.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prosopographia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prosopographia description of a person's appearance (1577 in the source translated in quot. 1577 at sense 1), description of an individual's life (1610 in a work title; earlier in sense ‘personification’, a1564) < ancient Greek πρόσωπον face, person (see prosopon n.) + post-classical Latin -graphia -graphy comb. form. Compare French prosopographie description of the personal appearance, deportment, etc. of an individual (1573 in a work title; early 20th cent. or earlier in sense 2), German Prosopographie (early 20th cent. or earlier in sense 2).

1. The description of the form or personal appearance of an individual; an instance of this. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > study of body > [noun]

notomy1503

anatomy1528

anthropography1570

prosopography1577

urology1753

somatic1817

somatology1842

morphotomy1892

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ccc.vi^v/1 Prosopographie is a picturing or reprseentinge of bodily lineaments.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 64/1 Thus farre of the acts and deeds of Stephan: now..touching the prosopographie or description of his person.

1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 212 The Chronology, Topography, and Prosopography (that is, discription of time, place and person).

a1728 C. Mather Magnalia Christi Americana (1855) I. iii. i. 280 The reader that is inquisitive after the prosopography of this great man, may be informed, that he was a clear, fair, sanguine complexion, and like David of a ‘ruddy countenance’.

1761 tr. C. Batteux Course Belles Lettres IV. iii. ii. 100 The hipotiposis is a figure which paints the image of the things or persons we are speaking of... It is known among the learned by the name of prosopography when describing the form of a person.

1813 Monthly Mag. 36 330 An historic character, says a German professor, should consist of two parts, the proso[po]graphy, or description of the person, and the ethopea, or description of the mind and manners.

1981 Yale French Stud. 61 3 Most treatises are satisfied..with distinguishing types of description according to the characteristics of the described referent: chronography (description of time), topography (description of landscapes and places), prosopography (description of the exterior appearance of a character), ethopoeia (moral description of a character).

2. A study or description of an individual's life, career, etc.; esp. a collection of such studies focusing on the public careers and relationships of a group in a particular place and period; a collective biography. As a mass noun: the study of such descriptions, esp. as an aspect of classical history; such studies or histories as a genre.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [noun] > types of historical narrative or work

memoriala1393

commentary1547

church story1563

church history1566

local history1615

anecdotes1649

political history1656

memoirs1659

family history1726

nobiliary1728

sacred history1853

prosopography1896

herstory1932

microhistory1969

1896 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 17 230 It gives all Iranian proper names, from ancient down to modern times, and under every name quotes..such bearers of the same as are mentioned in political and literary history. It forms, therefore, a prosopography until the time of the destruction of the Persian empire by Islam.

1929 R. M. Dawkins Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta x. 292 Account has been taken of the lettering, the formulae, and the prosopography.

1934 R. Syme in Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 24 80 Of recent years prosopography, as it may conveniently be called, has been the object of a heightened interest coincident with the detailed study of the development and working of the imperial administration.

1959 A. G. Woodhead Study Greek Inscriptions iv. 47 A prosopography for the Argolid..and another for Macedonia..mark the beginnings of similar coverage for other parts of Greece.

1973 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 3 543 (heading) The Prosopography of the Tudor University.

1997 Church Times 10 Oct. 14/3 He..followed the Roman historian Ronald Syme in pursuing prosopography: the study of groups like knights or bishops about whom one knows little individually but much when taken together.

2007 D. C. Smythe in K. S. B. Keats-Rohan Prosopogr. Approaches & Applic. 129 Prosopography collects together structured information from primary sources on a range of individuals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prosopography
释义	prosopographyn. Brit. /ˌprɒsə(ʊ)ˈpɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌprɑsəˈpɑɡrəfi/ Forms: 1500s prosopographie, 1600s– prosopography. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prosopographia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prosopographia description of a person's appearance (1577 in the source translated in quot. 1577 at sense 1), description of an individual's life (1610 in a work title; earlier in sense ‘personification’, a1564) < ancient Greek πρόσωπον face, person (see prosopon n.) + post-classical Latin -graphia -graphy comb. form. Compare French prosopographie description of the personal appearance, deportment, etc. of an individual (1573 in a work title; early 20th cent. or earlier in sense 2), German Prosopographie (early 20th cent. or earlier in sense 2). 1. The description of the form or personal appearance of an individual; an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > study of body > [noun] notomy1503 anatomy1528 anthropography1570 prosopography1577 urology1753 somatic1817 somatology1842 morphotomy1892 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. iii. sig. Ccc.vi^v/1 Prosopographie is a picturing or reprseentinge of bodily lineaments. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 64/1 Thus farre of the acts and deeds of Stephan: now..touching the prosopographie or description of his person. 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 212 The Chronology, Topography, and Prosopography (that is, discription of time, place and person). a1728 C. Mather Magnalia Christi Americana (1855) I. iii. i. 280 The reader that is inquisitive after the prosopography of this great man, may be informed, that he was a clear, fair, sanguine complexion, and like David of a ‘ruddy countenance’. 1761 tr. C. Batteux Course Belles Lettres IV. iii. ii. 100 The hipotiposis is a figure which paints the image of the things or persons we are speaking of... It is known among the learned by the name of prosopography when describing the form of a person. 1813 Monthly Mag. 36 330 An historic character, says a German professor, should consist of two parts, the proso[po]graphy, or description of the person, and the ethopea, or description of the mind and manners. 1981 Yale French Stud. 61 3 Most treatises are satisfied..with distinguishing types of description according to the characteristics of the described referent: chronography (description of time), topography (description of landscapes and places), prosopography (description of the exterior appearance of a character), ethopoeia (moral description of a character). 2. A study or description of an individual's life, career, etc.; esp. a collection of such studies focusing on the public careers and relationships of a group in a particular place and period; a collective biography. As a mass noun: the study of such descriptions, esp. as an aspect of classical history; such studies or histories as a genre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [noun] > types of historical narrative or work memoriala1393 commentary1547 church story1563 church history1566 local history1615 anecdotes1649 political history1656 memoirs1659 family history1726 nobiliary1728 sacred history1853 prosopography1896 herstory1932 microhistory1969 1896 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 17 230 It gives all Iranian proper names, from ancient down to modern times, and under every name quotes..such bearers of the same as are mentioned in political and literary history. It forms, therefore, a prosopography until the time of the destruction of the Persian empire by Islam. 1929 R. M. Dawkins Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta x. 292 Account has been taken of the lettering, the formulae, and the prosopography. 1934 R. Syme in Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 24 80 Of recent years prosopography, as it may conveniently be called, has been the object of a heightened interest coincident with the detailed study of the development and working of the imperial administration. 1959 A. G. Woodhead Study Greek Inscriptions iv. 47 A prosopography for the Argolid..and another for Macedonia..mark the beginnings of similar coverage for other parts of Greece. 1973 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 3 543 (heading) The Prosopography of the Tudor University. 1997 Church Times 10 Oct. 14/3 He..followed the Roman historian Ronald Syme in pursuing prosopography: the study of groups like knights or bishops about whom one knows little individually but much when taken together. 2007 D. C. Smythe in K. S. B. Keats-Rohan Prosopogr. Approaches & Applic. 129 Prosopography collects together structured information from primary sources on a range of individuals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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