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The Old English-Latin dictionary of Francis Junius, volume 1, Written in the third quarter of the 17th century by Francis Junius

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MS. Junius 2
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The Old English-Latin dictionary of Francis Junius, arranged alphabetically, containing B-T, preceded (fol. vii) by additional alphabetical notes. Fols. xxiii-xxv are three rotographs of Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4720 (an 18th-cent. transcript of this MS.) containing the beginning of the missing 'A' section. The 'F' and 'S' sections mentioned in Macray's Annals (1890), p. 146 note, as lost and restored to the Library, belong to these MSS. not MSS. Junius 4-5.

Dates

  • Creation: Written in the third quarter of the 17th century by Francis Junius

Extent

590 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Multiple languages
  • Latin
  • English, Old (ca.450-1100)

Shelfmark

MS. Junius 2

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 5114

Related Materials

MSS. Fell 8-18 are a combined transcript of MS. Junius 2-3, and other Junius MSS.

Physical Facet

On paper, in double columns

Dimensions

13 1/5 × 8 1/2 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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