| Author | Attributed to Geoffrey the Grammarian |
|---|---|
| Language | Latin, Middle English |
| Subject | Bilingual dictionary |
| Publication place | England |
The Promptorium parvulorum (Latin: "Storehouse for children") is an English-Latin bilingual dictionary completed around 1440 AD. It was the first English-to-Latin dictionary. [1] It occupies about 300 printed book pages. [2]
The authorship is attributed to Geoffrey the Grammarian, a friar who lived in Lynn, Norfolk, England. [3] After the invention of the printing press, the Promptorium was repeatedly published in the early 16th century by the printer Wynkyn de Worde. [3] In the 19th century, the Camden Society republished it under the extended title Promptorium parvulorum sive clericorum (“Storehouse for children or clerics”). [1]
For language historians it is a major reference work for the vocabulary of late medieval English. It is also a frequently cited source in the Middle English Dictionary , the primary dictionary of late medieval English, published by the University of Michigan.
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