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Dictionary of Old English Corpus

Complete record of surviving Old English except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts. Comprises over 3,000 different texts. 428-1100 (approx.).

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The Corpus comprises over 3000 different texts, each of which has: a unique text number, allocated by the DOE project; a Cameron number (assigned in Cameron "Plan for the Dictionary of Old English"); a 'short title', used in the published microfiche concordance; and a 'short short title' used to ideed microfiche concordance; and a 'short short title' used to identify the text in the "Dictionary of Old English".
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Middle English Compendium

Electronic Middle English Dictionary and HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse. Lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500.

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Patrologia Latina Database

First edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. 200-1216.

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The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. Includes all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes. Migne's column numbers, essential references for scholars.
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