Francis Junius, Dictionarium Veteris Linguae Anglicanae (before 1675)
Date
1675before
Lexicographer
Francis
Du Jon(alternate name for
Francis
Junius
)
Note: 11/10/2005
Nationality is French/German
Languages include Gothic
Book title
Dictionarium veteris linguae anglicanae
Transcription source
Bodleian MS. Junius 6
Text type
manuscript
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
Middle English
Summary
Alphabetical index to Chaucer's works
Extent
98 leaves
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
Catalog
Bodleian Summary Catalogue 5118
Modern editions
The Athenaeum (June 12, 1897): 779
Criticisms
Bremmer, Rolf H., Jr. 2001. "Franciscus Junius reads Chaucer: But Why? And How?" Studies in Medievalism XI. Appropriating the Middle Ages: Scholarship, Politics, Fraud. pp. 37-72.
