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Antonette diPaolo Healey at the Dictionary of Old English, May 2014

Xin Xiang, Systems Analyst at the Dictionary of Old English

The DOE's research collection includes a reference library of dictionaries; at least one copy of each known Old English text; semantic and etymological studies of Old English words; facsimiles of Old English and Latin manuscripts from Anglo-Saxon…

Digitizing the Old English Corpus "In general, optically scanned systems are labor-efficient but introduce a proportion of machine errors, while human entry systems are labor-intensive, and vary in their accuracy depending on the people themsleves. …

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Historiated initial 'U' with angel holding a book, in BL MS. Arundel 16, f. 1. The text is Osbern's Epistola de vita S. Dunstani (Life of St. Dunstan). The manuscript dates back to the last quarter of the 11th century or first quarter of the 12th…

British Library MS. Arundel 155: Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter') On f. 9v, an angel hands St. Pachomius a scroll containing the Easter tables (for the calculation of the date of Easter). The words on the scroll…

The main workroom at the Dictionary of Old English. This office houses the DOE's drafting editors and the DOE's library of editions, reference works, and manuscript facsimiles.

Antonette diPaolo Healey and Alex Fleck