Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources - Fascicule XI: Phi-Pos

Klappentext This dictionary is an indispensable guide to the study of the Latin Middle Ages. It records the continuing usage of classical and late Latin in this period (6th-16th centuries), but it presents most fully the medieval developments of the language, drawing on a rich variety of printed and manuscript sources. Zusammenfassung This dictionary is an indispensable guide to the study of the Latin Middle Ages. It records the continuing usage of classical and late Latin in this period (6th-16th centuries), but it presents most fully the medieval developments of the language, drawing on a rich variety of printed and manuscript sources. Many new formations from other languages are revealed - some of the borrowings recorded in Latin centuries before their appearance in written vernacular sources. Due to the high number of entries for P, this letter is being spread over four fascicules.

Summary

This dictionary is an indispensable guide to the study of the Latin Middle Ages. It records the continuing usage of classical and late Latin in this period (6th-16th centuries), but it presents most fully the medieval developments of the language, drawing on a rich variety of printed and manuscript sources.

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• Authors: D. R. Howlett, D. R./ Christchev Howlett
• Assisted by: David Howlett (Editor), David (Editor Howlett (Editor), David C. Howlett (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2008
• EAN: 9780197264218
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726421-8
• No. of pages: 102
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 298 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Medieval Latin Dictionary (British Academy); Medieval Latin Dictionary; Medieval Latin Dictionary (British Academy)
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries