Francis Bernard, The Sloane Medical Vocabulary (ca 1650 - ca 1700)

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Date
1650ca 1700ca
Lexicographer
Francis Bernard Note: 30/09/2005
Transcription source
British Library Sloane MS 510
Text type
manuscript
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
  • French
  • Greek
  • Latin
  • medicine
Summary
Medical vocabulary from Greek (ca. 650-700 entries)
Language
headwords: Latin
explanations: Greek
other languages: French, English
explanations: Greek
Extent
16 fols.
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Arteria from ἀιρέμαι attollo, by reason of the pulse. or from ἀηρ aër, & τηρέω q lervo, because it holdd the air or the spiri[t] vitall, hnce it is called Vena vitalis. (1r)