• First edition 1701 Thomas Benson Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum Oxford Sheldonian Theater Old English dictionary Anglo-Saxon lexicon Edward Thwaites Somner 1659 Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum early modern philology abridged Latin glosses rare first edition Old English studies Anglo-Saxon scholarship historical linguistics medieval English language lexicography collectible academic reference rare antique book 18th-century language study Anglo-Saxon dictionary Oxford University
  • First edition 1701 Thomas Benson Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum Oxford Sheldonian Theater Old English dictionary Anglo-Saxon lexicon Edward Thwaites Somner 1659 Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum early modern philology abridged Latin glosses rare first edition Old English studies Anglo-Saxon scholarship historical linguistics medieval English language lexicography collectible academic reference rare antique book 18th-century language study Anglo-Saxon dictionary Oxford University
  • First edition 1701 Thomas Benson Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum Oxford Sheldonian Theater Old English dictionary Anglo-Saxon lexicon Edward Thwaites Somner 1659 Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum early modern philology abridged Latin glosses rare first edition Old English studies Anglo-Saxon scholarship historical linguistics medieval English language lexicography collectible academic reference rare antique book 18th-century language study Anglo-Saxon dictionary Oxford University
  • First edition 1701 Thomas Benson Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum Oxford Sheldonian Theater Old English dictionary Anglo-Saxon lexicon Edward Thwaites Somner 1659 Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum early modern philology abridged Latin glosses rare first edition Old English studies Anglo-Saxon scholarship historical linguistics medieval English language lexicography collectible academic reference rare antique book 18th-century language study Anglo-Saxon dictionary Oxford University
  • First edition 1701 Thomas Benson Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum Oxford Sheldonian Theater Old English dictionary Anglo-Saxon lexicon Edward Thwaites Somner 1659 Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum early modern philology abridged Latin glosses rare first edition Old English studies Anglo-Saxon scholarship historical linguistics medieval English language lexicography collectible academic reference rare antique book 18th-century language study Anglo-Saxon dictionary Oxford University
  • First edition 1701 Thomas Benson Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum Oxford Sheldonian Theater Old English dictionary Anglo-Saxon lexicon Edward Thwaites Somner 1659 Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum early modern philology abridged Latin glosses rare first edition Old English studies Anglo-Saxon scholarship historical linguistics medieval English language lexicography collectible academic reference rare antique book 18th-century language study Anglo-Saxon dictionary Oxford University
  • First edition 1701 Thomas Benson Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum Oxford Sheldonian Theater Old English dictionary Anglo-Saxon lexicon Edward Thwaites Somner 1659 Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum early modern philology abridged Latin glosses rare first edition Old English studies Anglo-Saxon scholarship historical linguistics medieval English language lexicography collectible academic reference rare antique book 18th-century language study Anglo-Saxon dictionary Oxford University
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Thomas Benson - Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum - 1701

Thomas Benson - Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum - 1701

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Title

Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum, Lexico Gul. Somneri magna parte auctius

Author

Thomas Benson

Year

1701

Publisher

Oxford, Sheldonian Theater

Description

Thomas Benson’s Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum, published in 1701, stands at a pivotal moment in the early modern rediscovery of Old English. Though attributed to Benson, the work was almost certainly compiled by his teacher, Edward Thwaites of Queen’s College, Oxford - a leading Anglo-Saxonist of his day. This dictionary was conceived as a response to the scarcity and cost of William Somner’s Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum of 1659, the first printed dictionary of Old English. Somner’s pioneering volume had initially sold slowly, and most remaining copies were destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, making it a rare and costly resource. Benson’s edition aimed to make that same linguistic knowledge accessible to students and scholars once more.

The Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum effectively reissued Somner’s framework, but in abridged and more practical form. Where Somner’s entries were often long and discursive, Benson reduced them to succinct Latin glosses, introducing a handful of new headwords and organizing the material for easier use. Its significance lies less in original philological innovation than in its role as a bridge - a work that ensured the continued circulation of Old English learning at a time when Anglo-Saxon studies were in danger of dormancy.

192 pp.

Condition

Some foxing and light discoloration; small hole to p. 26; minor loss to corners of pp. 108, 134, and 152, not affecting text. Handsome binding.
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