Chapter CXXXIII: Book XIX: On Ships, Buildings, and Garments365

[365] At this point in his work Isidore turns from the ‘sciences’
to the useful arts.

ANALYSIS

I. Ships[366] (chs. 1–6).
1. Seamen (ch. 1, 3–7).
2. Kinds of ships (ch. 1, 8–27).
3. Parts of ships (ch. 2).
4. Sails (ch. 3).
5. Ropes (ch. 4).
6. Nets (ch. 5).
II. Furnaces of smiths (ch. 6).
1. Tools of smiths (ch. 7).
III. Buildings (chs. 8–18).
1. Construction (ch. 10).
2. Adornment (chs. 11–17).
3. Tools for building (ch. 18).
IV. Workers in wood (ch. 19).
V. Garments (chs. 20–29).
1. Weaving (ch. 20).
2. The dress of a priest under the law (ch. 21).
3. The names of other articles of clothing (ch. 22).
4. Peculiar costumes of certain peoples (ch. 23).
5. Men’s garments (ch. 24).
6. Women’s garments (ch. 25).
7. Bedding, tablecloths, and so forth (ch. 26).
8. Wools (ch. 27).
9. Colors of garments (ch. 28).
10. Instruments for making cloth (ch. 29).
VI. Ornaments (chs. 30–32).
1. Head ornaments for women (ch. 31).
2. Rings (ch. 32).
VII. Girdles (ch. 33).
VIII. Footwear (ch. 34).

[366] For a similar subject and treatment, compare _De Genere
Navigiorum_, in Nonius Marcellus’s encyclopedia. See p. 43.