See S. Battaglia, _Grande dizionario della Lingua italiana_, which is essentially the "OED" of Italian. Up to about vol. 19 now (around the S letter), in process. ALso, the _Glossario degli antichi volgari italiani_ (GAVI) ed. G. Colussi which was up to the vol. St-SVU in 1997. This may be too early for you, however. Gloria Allaire At 12:58 PM 9/10/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Although I am a professor of English, I am still a student of Italian. >What dictionaries with older word forms/vocabularies can other members >recommend for Renaissance Italian? Thanks. > >Jameela Lares >Department of English >University of Southern Mississippi >Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5037 >(601) 266-6214 ofc >(601) 266-5757 fax > > > > > _______________________ Gloria Allaire Italian Studies Gettysburg College Campus Box 394 Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 337-6558 (office) (717) 642-5167 (home) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%