A Cornish dictionary in the hand of Edward Lhuyd containing Cornish-English vocabulary and phrases, with some translations into Latin.
This is evidently the work referred to by Edward Lhuyd on p. 253 of the Archæologica Britannica: 'Looking over these Sheets of the Cornish Grammar; I find 1st. that I must recal the promise made of a Cornish-English Vocabulary. I have one by me, written about six years since, and have lately improv'd it with what Additions I could; But there being no room for it in this Volume ... it must be deferred to the next.'
A Cornish Dictionary,
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- ReferenceGB 210 Llanstephan MS 84 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls006084292
- Dates of Creation[1701x1707] /
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- Language of MaterialCornish, English, Latin, Welsh.
- Physical Description168 pp. Boards with vellum back.
- LocationDE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVESARCH/MSS (GB0210)
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Formerly Shirburn MS 111 C. 27.
Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 84 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), p. 560.
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