The Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources is published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press. This page is about the first publication of the Dictionary in fascicules between 1975 and 2013; this is superseded by the current three-volume publication.
Fascicules
The Dictionary was published in consecutive ‘fascicules’ (instalments). Fascicules were issued in paperback, each measuring 305×230mm.
| Fascicule | Range | Date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | A–B + bibliography | 1975 | 9780197259481 |
| II | C | 1981 | 9780197259689 |
| III | D–E + revised bibliography | 1986 | 9780197260234 |
| IV | F–H | 1989 | 9780197260821 |
| V | I–L | 1997 | 9780197261484 |
| VI | M + supplementary bibliography | 2001 | 9780197262405 |
| VII | N | 2002 | 9780197262665 |
| VIII | O | 2003 | 9780197263006 |
| IX | P–Pelicanus | 2005 | 9780197263402 |
| X | Pelicanus–Philautia | 2006 | 9780197263877 |
| XI | Philautia–Possessorius | 2007 | 9780197264218 |
| XII | Possessorius–Propter | 2009 | 9780197264362 |
| XIII | Propter–Regularis | 2010 | 9780197264676 |
| XIV | Regularis–Salvator | 2011 | 9780197265086 |
| XV | Salvator–Solvere | 2012 | 9780197265284 |
| XVI | Solvere–Syricum | 2013 | 9780197265451 |
| XVII | Syrina–Z | 2013 | 9780197265611 |
Fascicule V was issued together with a hardback case and includes a reprint of the preliminary pages so that Fascicules I–V might be bound together as Volume I (A–L). No separate covers were produced for binding Vol. II.
Volumes
Volume I of the Dictionary comprises Fascicules I–V, covering the letters A to L. When they are bound, the dictionary entries on pages 1–1668 should be preceded by the preliminary pages i–lxvii printed at the back of Fascicule V. All other preliminaries from these fascicules may be discarded.
Volume II covers the letters M to Z. Addenda and corrigenda for the dictionary are printed in the preliminary pages of Fascicules VI and XVII, together with supplementary bibliography lists.
Bibliography
The Bibliography is a key to the abbreviated citations used in the Dictionary. The original version printed in Fascicule I is no longer in use. It is superseded by the revised Bibliography printed in Fascicule III (reprinted in Fascicule V), which must be used together with the Supplementary Bibliography printed in Fascicule VI; a further Supplementary Bibliography is printed in Fascicule XVII. A consolidated bibliography is now available as a webpage.
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Citing the Dictionary
We recommend that bibliographic references to the Dictionary include the following information:
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne (eds.) Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources (British Academy: Oxford, 1975–2013).
In running text or in short-form footnotes, DMLBS is the recommended abbreviation. Individual entries may best be cited by headword and their senses by number, e.g. DMLBS s.v. 2 sanus 2d. (s.v. = sub verbo, i.e. ‘under the word’) We do not recommend citation by page and column.