December 10, 2013

Medieval Latin dictionary completed after 100 years


A century after scholars began working on it, the Oxford University-based Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources is finally complete.

The Dictionary contains more than 58,000 entries across nearly 4,000 pages and is the most comprehensive study ever produced of the vocabulary of Latin in the medieval period in Britain. The final part was published today (9 December) by the British Academy.