Manipulus Vocabulorum
The Manipulus Vocabulorum is an English-to-Latin dictionary compiled in the 16th century.
The dictionary was produced by Peter Levens in 1570. It was reissued in 1867 by the Camden Society.[1] According to Smithsonian magazine, the Manipulus Vocabulorum was the world's first rhyming dictionary.[2]
Copies of the Manipulus Vocabulorum are currently held at:[3]
- British Library, London
- Bodleian Library, Oxford
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign University Library
References[]
- ^ "Manipulus Vocabulorum: a Rhyming Dictionary from the 16th Century".
- ^ Schultz, Colin. "Write Like a Thespian With the Manipulus Vocabulorum, a 16th Century Rhyming Dictionary".
- ^ Stein, Gabriele (1 January 1985). The English Dictionary before Cawdrey. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9783111664873 – via Google Books.
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Categories:
- Latin dictionaries
- English dictionaries
- 16th-century books