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The LEME menus offer the following options.

  1. Use the LEXICONS menu to browse lexical works of the period.
    1. A bibliography of 1,473 lexicons are listed by date of publication.
    2. Use the links in this list to:
      1. Browse all lexicons matching a given author or subject keyword.
      2. View a detailed bibliographical profile for each work.
  2. Download lexicons:
    1. The complete plain text of 289 lexicons may be downloaded from the Lexicons menu, Available texts are indicated on the lexicon list.
    2. The complete TEI-encoded text of 210 fully analyzed lexicons may be downloaded from the LEME collection in TSpace, the University of Toronto’s institutional repository.
  3. Learn about LEME:
    1. This Help page describes how to use LEME.
    2. The About menu provides further editorial information about LEME.

Further information about LEME’s lexicon records

The Lexicons menu provides a comprehensive bibliography of lexical texts created between 1480-1700 (see LEME Introduction: Scope). Many can be viewed on the Early English Book Online (EEBO) website. The bibliography is listed by date of publication.

Lexical works have been analyzed and encoded by section, word-group, word-entry, headword, explanation, language, sub-headwords, sub-explanations, and other features. The primary bibliographical entries for texts (under Lexicons) provide the author, title, date, subject, and genre.

Lexicon Primary Bibliography

A detailed bibliographical profile is provided for each lexical work listed in LEME. If a FULL TEXT transcription and/or an EEBO (Early English Books Online) facsimile is available, links to the transcription and/or facsimile will appear at the top of the page.

Biographical records for the people associated with each lexicon are also provided. Click on a person's name to view his or her biographical record.

At the bottom of the bibliographical profile record, categorized references to secondary works associated with this lexicon are provided. Click on the title of an associated work to view its full bibliographic record.

Lexicon Secondary Bibliography

Bibliographic references are provided for secondary works associated with the lexical works listed in LEME. In each secondary bibliography record, a list of lexicons with which that work is associated is provided. Click on a lexicon title to open the Lexicon Records for that lexicon.

At the bottom of each record a bibliographic reference for the entry is provided in MLA style (the style in which the reference appears on the Lexicon Record page).

Ian Lancashire, Editor.