Joseph Bosworth, A dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language (London, etc., 1838), letters F-Y, cut up and pasted into eleven volumes, with notes and additions in Bosworth's hand, and in two other hands, one probably that of T.N. Toller, whose Anglo-Saxon dictionary based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth, was published at Oxford, 1882.
Dates
- Creation: c.1838-1882
Extent
1.21 Linear metres (11 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- English, Old (ca.450-1100)
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. lang. b. 1, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. lang. b. 1-11
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12806
Abstract
Volumes Containing Joseph Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Bosworth (1789-1876) was an Anglo-Saxon scholar and lexicographer. He was Rawlinson Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 40377-87.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was given to the Library by Bosworth's executors, 1876-1878. It was lent to T.N. Toller, and returned to the Library in 1926.
Bibliography
- Title
- Volumes Containing Joseph Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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