Dictionary Of Medieval Latin From British Sources

This dictionary is an indispensable guide to the study of the Latin Middle Ages. It records the continuing usage of classical and late Latin in this period (6th-16th centuries), but it presents most fully the medieval developments of the language, drawing on a rich variety of printed and manuscript sources.

This dictionary is an indispensable guide to the study of the Latin Middle Ages. Though it records the usage of Classical and Late Latin current in this period (6th-16th centuries), it presents most fully the medieval developments of the language as revealed in a rich variety of printed and manuscript sources. Many new formations from other languages are revealed ? some of the borrowings here recorded in Latin centuries before their appearance in written vernacular sources. It is now intended that fascicules will be slimmer than before and will appear more frequently. This sixth fascicule, devoted to just the letter M, is the first in the new format.

Based entirely on original research, this is the most comprehensive dictionary of Medieval Latin and the first to focus on British Medieval Latin. Covering the 6th to 16th centuries, containing more than 55,000 entries and more than 435,000 illustrative quotations, the DMLBS is the key lexical reference work for anyone reading Medieval Latin.