Henry Mainwaring, Nomenclator Navalis (1620 - 1623)
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Date
1620 1623
Author
Henry Mainwaring Note: 30/09/2005
Book title
Nomenclator Naualis
Transcription source
British Library Sloane MS 207
Text type
manuscript
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
navigation and the sea
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
(f) 91 fols., three hands
(g) 94 fols., four hands?
(i) 153 fols.
(n) 134 fols.
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
Catalog
Mainwaring, Sir Henry . The Life and Works of Sir Henry Mainwaring. Eds. G. E. Manwaring and W. G. Perrin. Navy Records Society, 54. n.p.: n.p., 1920-22. 85-303, 67-210. view record
Craig, Hardin, Jr. A Bibliography of Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Dealing with Military, Naval, and Maritime Affairs, 1577-1965. 1st edn. (1960); 2nd edn. (1962). 3rd edn. Houston: Fondren Library, Rice University, 1962: 1965. 3. view record
Kennedy, Arthur Garfield. A Bibliography on Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1927. 8635, 8637 (1670). view record
Craig, Hardin, Jr. A Bibliography of Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Dealing with Military, Naval, and Maritime Affairs, 1577-1965. 1st edn. (1960); 2nd edn. (1962). 3rd edn. Houston: Fondren Library, Rice University, 1962: 1965. 3. view record
Kennedy, Arthur Garfield. A Bibliography on Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1927. 8635, 8637 (1670). view record
Other editions
(a) British Library MS Sloane 207 (dedicated to Zouche by Feb. 1623);
(b) Institute of Naval Architects MS 799 (formerly C. C. Scott copy; dedicated to Buckingham after May 18, 1623);
(c) Lambeth MS 91 (dedicated to George Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury (1611-33));
(d) Lambeth MS 268 (unsigned);
(e) Lord Leconfield's MS, at Petworth House (dedicated to Algernon Percy, earl of Northumberland, ca. Nov. 5, 1632-1668);
(f) British Library Harley MS 2301 (unsigned preface; A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, II: 646);
(g) British Library Harley MS 6268 (unsigned preface);
(h) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Pre-1650 MS 0211; a copy of 1626 by Ralph Crane, previously sold at Sotheby's July 30, 1963, lot 575 (see http://nonsolusblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/shakespeares-scribe-and-scull-cross-bones/ [courtesy of Brian Davidson]);
(i) British Library Additional MS 21,571 (no preface; purchased at Sotheby's August 19, 1856, lot 123, owned by Sir W. Fielding, earl of Denbigh; damaged by water);
(j) Public Record Office, State Papers, Charles I, MS CXXVII (unsigned): the later, expanded version;
(k) Lord Calthorpe's MS, 1633: HMC Report 2, Appendix, p. 45, no. CLXIX (the copy of Henry Yelverton, Viscount Longueville (1664-1704)?); presumably British Library Add. MS 48157 (Sept. 3, 1633);
(l) Lord Calthorpe's MS, 1633, HMC Report 2, Appendix, p. 45, no. CLXXVII (the copy of Henry Yelverton, Viscount Longueville (1664-1704)?); presumably British Library Add. MS 48165 (same date);
(m) MS copy of Sir Erasmus Norwich, 3rd bart., of Brampton, Northamptonshire (unlocated MS: see Bernard's Cat. MSS. Angliae, II, 215, and cf. 169);
(n) Sir Henry Manwaring, The Sea-man's Dictionary: or, an Exposition and Demonstration of all the Parts and Things belonging to a Shippe: Together with an Explanation of all the Termes and Phrases used in the Practique of Navigation (London: M.G. for John Bellamy, 1644). 134 pp. British Library Thomason Collection E.9 (11) -- Wing M 551;
(o) 1670 edition. Henry E. Huntington Library 446861. Facsimile: Menston: Scolar, 1972. V 23 M26 1644a, based on British Library E.9(11);
(p) British Library Add. MS. 48165 (later expanded version; Sept. 3, 1633), resembling British Library Harley MS 2301(1) ;
(r) 1667 edition: Wing M551b;
(s) 1670 edition: Wing M552
(b) Institute of Naval Architects MS 799 (formerly C. C. Scott copy; dedicated to Buckingham after May 18, 1623);
(c) Lambeth MS 91 (dedicated to George Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury (1611-33));
(d) Lambeth MS 268 (unsigned);
(e) Lord Leconfield's MS, at Petworth House (dedicated to Algernon Percy, earl of Northumberland, ca. Nov. 5, 1632-1668);
(f) British Library Harley MS 2301 (unsigned preface; A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, II: 646);
(g) British Library Harley MS 6268 (unsigned preface);
(h) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Pre-1650 MS 0211; a copy of 1626 by Ralph Crane, previously sold at Sotheby's July 30, 1963, lot 575 (see http://nonsolusblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/shakespeares-scribe-and-scull-cross-bones/ [courtesy of Brian Davidson]);
(i) British Library Additional MS 21,571 (no preface; purchased at Sotheby's August 19, 1856, lot 123, owned by Sir W. Fielding, earl of Denbigh; damaged by water);
(j) Public Record Office, State Papers, Charles I, MS CXXVII (unsigned): the later, expanded version;
(k) Lord Calthorpe's MS, 1633: HMC Report 2, Appendix, p. 45, no. CLXIX (the copy of Henry Yelverton, Viscount Longueville (1664-1704)?); presumably British Library Add. MS 48157 (Sept. 3, 1633);
(l) Lord Calthorpe's MS, 1633, HMC Report 2, Appendix, p. 45, no. CLXXVII (the copy of Henry Yelverton, Viscount Longueville (1664-1704)?); presumably British Library Add. MS 48165 (same date);
(m) MS copy of Sir Erasmus Norwich, 3rd bart., of Brampton, Northamptonshire (unlocated MS: see Bernard's Cat. MSS. Angliae, II, 215, and cf. 169);
(n) Sir Henry Manwaring, The Sea-man's Dictionary: or, an Exposition and Demonstration of all the Parts and Things belonging to a Shippe: Together with an Explanation of all the Termes and Phrases used in the Practique of Navigation (London: M.G. for John Bellamy, 1644). 134 pp. British Library Thomason Collection E.9 (11) -- Wing M 551;
(o) 1670 edition. Henry E. Huntington Library 446861. Facsimile: Menston: Scolar, 1972. V 23 M26 1644a, based on British Library E.9(11);
(p) British Library Add. MS. 48165 (later expanded version; Sept. 3, 1633), resembling British Library Harley MS 2301(1) ;
(r) 1667 edition: Wing M551b;
(s) 1670 edition: Wing M552
Facsimiles
Mainwaring, Henry. The Seaman's Dictionary, 1644 . English linguistics, 1500-1800, no. 328. Menston: Scolar Press, 1972. view record
Criticisms
Manwaring, George. E. "Sir Henry Manwayring's `Seaman's Dictionary'." series 11. Notes & Queries 8 (1913): 367. view record
Osselton, N. E. "English Specialized Lexicography in the Late Middle Ages and in the Renaissance." Fachsprachen. Languages for Special Purposes. Eds. L. Hoffman and others. 2 vols. Vol. II. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1998. 2458-65. view record
Laughton, L. G. Carr. "A Bibliography of Nautical Dictionaries." Mariner's Mirror 1 (1911 March and August): 84-89, 212-15. 87. view record
Barbour, P. L. . "Captain John Smith's Sea Grammar and its Debt to Sir Henry Mainwaring's `Seaman's Dictionary'." Mariner's Mirror 58.1 (1972): 93-101. view record
Osselton, N. E. "English Specialized Lexicography in the Late Middle Ages and in the Renaissance." Fachsprachen. Languages for Special Purposes. Eds. L. Hoffman and others. 2 vols. Vol. II. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1998. 2458-65. view record
Laughton, L. G. Carr. "A Bibliography of Nautical Dictionaries." Mariner's Mirror 1 (1911 March and August): 84-89, 212-15. 87. view record
Barbour, P. L. . "Captain John Smith's Sea Grammar and its Debt to Sir Henry Mainwaring's `Seaman's Dictionary'." Mariner's Mirror 58.1 (1972): 93-101. view record
