GAZOPHYLACIUM (1691) BY CHRISTOPH WARMER

Abstract

This article analyzes the Gazophylacium Decem Linguarum Euro- pæarum apertum (Kosice, 1691) by Christoph Warmer, a multilingual book with dialogues from Central Europe, which has not previously been studied by Spanish academic specialists. Continuing the textual tradition of multilingual vocabularies and dialogues based on the Renaissance Colloquia published by the Flemish teacher Noël de Berlaimont, Gazophylacium incorporates the greatest number of languages and a figurative pronunciation, thereby providing exceptional evidence for the pho- netic description of European languages in the seventeenth century. This article traces its sources and contributions.