Book Series Publications of the Dictionary of Old English, vol. 9

The Antwerp–London Glossaries

The Latin and Latin–Old English Vocabularies from Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus 16.2 – London, British Library Add. 32246, Volume 2: Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

David W. Porter

  • Pages: approx. 630 p.
  • Size:152 x 229 mm
  • Language(s):English, Old English, Latin
  • Publication Year:2026


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Summary

The Antwerp–London Glossaries are eleventh-century descendants of the earliest school text in the English language; at their heart is a late Latin encyclopedia, the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville. This second volume contains the introduction, translation, and explanatory notes to accompany the first volume’s complete editions, textual apparatuses, and indexes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Abbreviations
Supplementary Online Resource

The Manuscripts 1

CHAPTER ONE
The Antwerp–London Glossaries: The A-Order List, the Ab-Order List, the Class List, the Architectural List, and the Endpage List

CHAPTER TWO
Annotating Latin Texts with Alfric’s Grammar/Glossary

CHAPTER THREE
Alfric’s Glossary and the Antwerp–ondon Class List

CHAPTER FOUR
The Glossaries in their Intellectual Landscape

Translation and Commentary
The Architectural List
The Endpage and Miscellaneous Lists
The Alphabetical List
The Class List

Appendix 1 A Note on Alfric Bata
Appendix 2 The Glossary in Brussels, KBR, 1650, fol. 55v
Appendix 3 Table 6: Abbo Glosses from Alfric’s Grammar/Glossary, continued
Appendix 4 Function Words Glossed from Alfric’s Grammar/Glossary
Appendix 5 Table 7: Alfrician Vocabulary in the Gloss to the Expositio hymnorum, Hymns 1–8, continued
Appendix 6 Table 8: Alfrician Vocabulary in the Gloss to the Monastic Canticles 1–7, continued
Appendix 7 Alfrician Vocabulary in the Gloss to the Spurious Letter of Pope Boniface IV in London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius E.xiv, fol. 238v
Appendix 8 Alfrician Vocabulary in the Gloss to Benedict of Aniane’s Memoriale qualiter in London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A.iii
Appendix 9 Alfrician Vocabulary in the Gloss to De uitiis et peccatis in London, British Library, Royal 7.C.iv
Appendix 10 Alfrician Vocabulary in the Gloss to the Liber scintillarum in London, British Library, Royal 7.C.iv
Appendix 11 Table 9: Non-Alfrician Glosses in De uitiis and Liber scintillarum – Continued
Appendix 12 Alfrician Vocabulary of the Prosper Glosses in London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius A.vii, fols. 165–166
Appendix 13 Vocabulary Shared by Alfric’s Grammar/Glossary and the Lambeth Psalter
Appendix 14 Old English Hapax Legomena in the Antwerp–London Glossaries
Appendix 15 The Language of the Antwerp–London Class Glossary

Bibliography
Errata to The Antwerp–London Glossaries Volume 1
Index