List members may be interested in the following information, which is
posted on behalf of Professer D A Trotter, Head of the Department of
European Languages at Aberystwyth University.
Susan Davies
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*ANGLO-NORMAN DICTIONARY*
*www.anglo-norman.net*
*Of possible interest (we hope) to archivists and users of archives is
the fact that the /Anglo-Norman Dictionary/ (AND), a major academic
project whose origins go back to 1947, is now available as an online
resource on the website of The Anglo-Norman Online Hub. The AND seeks to
record and explain 'Anglo-Norman', the form of French used in the British
Isles after the Norman Conquest. Its documentary base contains
substantial quantities of non-literary material (records, administrative
and legal documents, historical sources. Its online format allows for
various search procedures as well as providing a simple, accessible
standard dictionary 'look-up' facility. *
*The AND is recognized as an authoritative reference work used
internationally by scholars who want to read and understand
Anglo-Norman. A major revision (directed by Professor David Trotter) is
currently under way, and so far A to K has been completed in this second
edition (the website also makes available the first edition of L to Z,
published in 1983-1992). *
*Access to the entire Dictionary (A--Z) is completely free at the above
website. No subscription, no password, no registration needed.*
*Also available on the same website:*
Re-publication of scholarly articles on Anglo-Norman language
On-Line source texts (nearly eighty)
Introduction to Anglo-Norman for non-specialists
History of the project
A slightly more elegant version of this information may be found as an A4
poster (in PDF format) at the following address:
http://users.aber.ac.uk/dtt/archivists_flyer.pdf
or (a version better suited to black-and-white printing)
http://users.aber.ac.uk/dtt/archivists_flyer_bw.pdf
Please help yourself to this (recommended method: right-click and save to
your computer) and display it if you think this would be helpful.
Finally, the AND is always open to comments, criticism, and (perhaps
especially) indications of material which we have so far missed. The
project is constantly expanding its list of texts used and we would
particularly welcome information about any Anglo-Norman archive
documents which you may know about.
David Trotter ([log in to unmask])
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