The original MS. of Thomas Wright's 'Volume of Vocabularies...'
The original MS. from which Thomas Wright's 'Volume of Vocabularies ... of the languages spoken in this island from the tenth century to the fifteenth' was privately printed in 1857: wanting the 7th, 8th, and 9th vocabularies out of sixteen.
The illustrations of the 15th are only represented by a few proof engravings, about which there are some papers of Juliet L. Duelley, etc., 1857, at fol. 184.
Dates
- Creation: written by T. Wright about A.D. 1856
Extent
193 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- French
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. d. 3, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. misc. d. 3
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20151
Abstract
The original MS. of Thomas Wright's 'Volume of Vocabularies...', written by T. Wright about A.D. 1856.
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Wright (1810–1877) was a historian and antiquary.
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. V, no. 29785.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by S. G. Perceval, esq., on Feb. 25, 1888.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
9 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.
Subject
- Title
- The original MS. of Thomas Wright's 'Volume of Vocabularies...'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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