Robert Cotton, The Etymology, Antiquity and Privilege of Castles (1598 - 1599)
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Date
15980 15990
Author
Editor
Book title
A collection of curious discourses, written by eminent antiquaries upon several heads in our English antiquities
Publication place
Oxford
Transcription source
Hathitrust
Text type
printed book
Genre
Treatises
Subject area
- antiquities
- etymology
Summary
An essay delivered before the Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries.
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Pages type
166-72
Word-group
type: topical
Word-entry
type: other
sample: I find this word Castel in Latin diverse wayes varied, as sometimes it is called Castrum, Castellum, arx, turris, fossa & maceria, Mota, firmitas, munitio; of these I find in a Charter made between King Stephen and H. 2. five of these mentioned, Castrum de Wallingford, Castellum de Belencomber, Turris London, mota Oxenford, firmitas Lincolniæ, munitio Hamptoniæ; the rest as diverse of these are usual in all old stories.
sample: I find this word Castel in Latin diverse wayes varied, as sometimes it is called Castrum, Castellum, arx, turris, fossa & maceria, Mota, firmitas, munitio; of these I find in a Charter made between King Stephen and H. 2. five of these mentioned, Castrum de Wallingford, Castellum de Belencomber, Turris London, mota Oxenford, firmitas Lincolniæ, munitio Hamptoniæ; the rest as diverse of these are usual in all old stories.
ESTC
T112502
