Alternative name: DMLBS
The Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources (DMLBS), the first fascicle of which appeared in 1975 and the
17th and last in 2013, is “the most comprehensive dictionary of Medieval Latin to have been produced and the first
ever to focus on British Medieval Latin”. Covering a particularly long period stretching from Gildas (fl. 540) to William
Camden (1600), it is “wholly based on original research”, that is to say on the close reading of thousands of Medieval
Latin texts. This has been carried out specifically for the purpose of recording their distinctive lexical characteristics, and,
as far as possible, using the best available sources, whether original manuscripts or modern critical editions. It is also
based on systematic searches within computer databases, including the Library of Latin Texts
(LLT-A and LLT-B), where many of the texts can be found that make up the sources for the DMLBS.