Gothic (etymology)

See also: Gothic

  • Towards 1440: Lorenzo Valla created the word to indicate a style of writing. The word thus qualified initially what was “Médiéval”; indeed, the expression Moyen-âge appeared only in 1604.
  • 16th:
  • 1610 : a French Jesuit translates Italian tedesco (according to the direction given by Vasari) into Latin by the word gothieus .
  • 1619 : first use of the word in French.
  • 18th and 18th: the word takes the pejorative direction of the word “Suranné”.
  • 19th: Ogival and becomes synonymous and qualifies the architecture of 13th with the Renaissance.

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