Dictionary of Medieval Latin

Records 1,000 years of Latin usage in Britain.

Originally published in 17 parts between 1975 and 2013, the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources was reissued in 2018 in a three-volume set, entirely reset, with corrections and additions incorporated seamlessly.

Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources
edited by Richard Ashdowne, David Howlett, and Ronald Latham
4192 pages in 3 volumes
978-0-19-726633-5  2018 out of print

Original fascicules of the Dictionary

The Dictionary was originally published in a sequence of 17 fascicules and is now complete. Fascicules of the Dictionary measure 305×230 mm, and are issued in paperback. Fascicule V is issued together with a set of preliminary pages, to help librarians bind up Fascicules I–V as ‘Volume I, A–L’.

I. A–B
Editor: R E Latham
ISBN: 978-0-19-725948-1 (1975)

II. C
Editor: R E Latham
ISBN: 978-0-19-725968-9 (1981)

III. D–E
Editors: R E Latham and D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726023-4 (1986)

IV. F–G–H
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726082-1 (1989)

V. I–J–K–L
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726148-4 (1997)

VI. M
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726240-5 (2001)

VII. N
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726266-5 (2002)

VIII. O
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726300-6 (2003)

IX. P–Pel
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726340-2 (2005)

X. Pel–Phi
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726387-7 (2006)

XI. Phi–Pos
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726421-8 (2007)

XII. Pos-Pro
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726436-2 (2009)

XIII. Pro-Reg
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726467-6 (2010)

XIV. Reg-Sal
Editor: D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726508-6 (2011)

XV. Sal-Sol
Editors: D R Howlett and R K Ashdowne
ISBN: 978-0-19-726528-4 (2012)

XVI. Sol-Syr
Editors: R K Ashdowne and D R Howlett
ISBN: 978-0-19-726545-1 (2013)

XVII. Syr-Z
Editor: R K Ashdowne
ISBN: 978-0-19-726561-1 (2013)

The following were published as part of the preparation of the Dictionary:

Medieval Latin Word-List from British and Irish Sources
Editor: J H Baxter and Charles Johnson
hbk (1934, reprinted in 1935, 1947, 1950, 1955, 1962, out of print)

Revised Medieval Latin Word-List from British and Irish Sources
Editor: R E Latham
ISBN: 978-0-19-725891-0 hbk (1965, reprinted in 1973, reprinted with Supplement in 1980, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2012, out of print)

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