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Old Cornish
| Name | Date | Type | Word count | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Consolatione Philosophiae | 9th Century | |||
| Commentary on Donatus (Smaragdus) | 9th Century | |||
| Oxoniensis Posterior | 10th Century | |||
| Vocabularium Cornicum | ~1100 | Latin-Cornish glossary | ||
| The Prophecy of Merlin | ~1153-1154 |
1400s
| Name | Date | Type | Word count | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Fragment (CF) | ~1400 | Poem | ||
| Pascon agan Arluth (PA) | ~1400 | Play | ||
| Ordinalia: Origo Mundi (OM) | ~1450 | Play | ||
| Ordinalia: Passio Christi (PC) | ~1450 | Play | ||
| Ordinalia: Resurrectio Domini (RD) | ~1450 | Play | ||
| Glasney Cartulary | 1400s |
1500s
| Name | Date | Type | Word count | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beunans Meriasek (BM) | 1504 | Play | ||
| The fyrst boke of the introduction of knowledge (Andrew Boorde) | ~1542 | Collection | ||
| Bewnans Ke (BK) | ~1550 | Play | ||
| Tregear Homilies (TH) | 1558 | |||
| The Image of Idleness (Oliver Oldwanton) | ~1565-70 | Line | 11 | Yes |
| Gwreans an Bys (CW) | ~1570, MS dated 1611 | Play |
1600s
| Name | Date | Type | Word count | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Survey of Cornwall (Richard Carew) | 1602 | Collection | ||
| An Dek Aradow (Anonymous) | 1612 | |||
| Banns (Thomas Drake) | ~1582-1635 | Poem | 33 | Yes |
| The Northern Lasse (Richard Brome) | 1632 | Line | 6 | Yes |
| Llyfr y Resolusion (John Davies) | 1632 | |||
| Why Ladar Gweader | ~1635 | Poem | 27 | Yes |
| Civil War Diary (Richard Symonds) | 1644 | Vocabulary and numbers | 56 | Yes |
| A Battledore for Teachers and Professors to Learn Singular and Plural (George Fox) | 1660 | Vocabulary | 49 | Yes |
| Jooan Chei an Horr (Nicholas Boson) | 1667 | Prose | 478 | Yes |
| The Duchess of Cornwall’s Progress (Nicholas Boson) | ~1675 | Incomplete prose | ||
| A Few Words about Cornish (Nicholas Boson) | ~1680 | Translation from English, prose | 1,217 | Yes |
| An Deeg Lavarow a Deew (William Rowe) | ~1690 | Translation from English | ||
| Genesis III (William Rowe) | ~1690 | Translation from English | ||
| Matthew II (William Rowe) | ~1690 | Translation from English | ||
| Matthew IV (William Rowe) | ~1690 | Translation from English | ||
| Menja Tiz Kernuak buz gasowas (John Tonkin) | ~1695 | Poem | 355 | Yes |
| Ni venja pea (John Tonkin) | ~1695 | Poem | 184 | Yes |
| Britannia (Lord's Prayer) (William Camden, tr. Edmund Gibson) | 1695 | |||
| Delkiow Seve (Edward Chirgwin) | 1698 | |||
| Ha me a moaz (Capt. Noel Carter) | 1698 | |||
| Extract from Gwreans an Bys (John Keigwin) | 1698 | |||
| An Dek Aradow 2 (John Keigwin) | ||||
| Australian notebook (Henry Thomas) | unknown | |||
| Proanter nei en Pleu Est |
1700s
| Name | Date | Type | Word count | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Deg Gura Deu (Anonymous) | ||||
| Genesis I by John Keigwin (John Keigwin) | ? | |||
| The Lords prayer in Cornish (John Keigwin) | ? | |||
| Cousow do ve che dean mor ferre (John Jenkins) | 1700 | |||
| Ma leeas gwreag (John Jenkins) | 1700 | |||
| Geirlyfr Kyrnweig (Edward Lhuyd) | ||||
| Na reugh eva re (William Allen) | 1704 | Rhyme | 19 | Yes |
| Kensa blethan, byrla a’baye (William Allen) | 1705 | Rhyme (disputed origin) | 24 | Yes |
| Me a pew an deau enouz (James Harry) | ~1705 | Rhyme | 31 | Yes |
| An pelle arrance ma (Nicholas Boson) | 1705 | |||
| Ol poble eze war an oare a treegaz (Thomas Boson?) | 1705 | |||
| An Pader (Thomas Boson) | 1710 | |||
| An Deag Laver Deu by Thomas Boson (Thomas Boson) | 1710 | |||
| An Credian by Thomas Boson (Thomas Boson) | 1710 | |||
| King Charles I’s Letter (John Keigwin) | 1707 | Translation from English | ||
| An lavar goth (Edward Lhuyd) | 1700 | Recorded rhyme | 21 | Yes |
| Pilchard Rhyme (John Boson) | 1705 | |||
| Memorial to Capt. Stephen Hutchens (John Boson/Gwavas) | 1709 | Non-native epitaph | 14 | Yes |
| Kymero ‘wyth goz lavrak pouz (John Boson) | 1709 | |||
| Letter to William Gwavas with Lord's prayer (John Boson) | 25 December 1709 | |||
| Letter to John Boson (William Gwavas) | ~March/April 1710 | Non-native writing | 80 | Yes |
| Reply to William Gwavas (John Boson) | 5 April 1710 | Non-native writing | 148 | Yes |
| Letter to America (William Gwavas) | 1710 | |||
| Na reugh ry na moy methacknath (William Gwavas?) | 1710 | |||
| Newlyn letter and Psalm 100 (Unknown) | ? | |||
| Ten Commandments with notes by Gwavas (William Gwavas) | unknown | |||
| An Deag Laver Deu by William Gwavas (William Gwavas) | unknown | |||
| Poem about Marazion Bowling-Green and Club (William Gwavas) | unknown | Poem | 36 | Yes |
| Lord's Prayer (with annotations) (William Gwavas) | unknown | |||
| Jenkins epitaph (John Boson) | 1711 | |||
| Letter to William Gwavas (John Boson) | 17 February 1712 | |||
| Lord's Prayer (composite version) (William Gwavas et al) | 25 April 1714 | |||
| Oratio Dominica (John Chamberlayne) | 1715 | |||
| Verse at Keigwin’s death (John Boson) | 1716 | Verse | 26 | Yes |
| Pader an Arleth (John Boson) | 1720 | |||
| A Dêg Gwra Deiu (John Boson) | 1720 | |||
| An Credian by John Boson (John Boson) | 1720 | |||
| Genesis I (John Boson) | 1720 | |||
| Advice to a neighbour (John Boson) | 1720 | |||
| Letter to Oliver Pender (William Gwavas) | 1711 | |||
| Verse to Nicholas Pentreath (William Gwavas) | 1724 | |||
| Letter about pilchards (Oliver Pender) | 22 August 1711 | |||
| Letter about Edward Lhuyd (Oliver Pender) | 1711 | Letter | 18 | Yes |
| Bodinar's letter (William Bodinar) | 3 July 1776 | |||
| To Dolly Pentreath (Thompson) | 1777 | Rhyme | 25 | Yes |
| Archaeologia Cornu-Britannica (William Pryce, ed.) | 1790 | Collection | 2,515 | |
| Idn Metten (Anonymous) | Unknown | |||
| An Ladymer ay Kernow (William Hals) |
1800s
| Name | Date | Type | Word count | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The History of Cornwall (Richard Polwhele) | 1816 | Collection | ||
| The Parochial History of Cornwall (Davies Gilbert) | 1838 | Collection | ||
| Vestiges of the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Tongues (J. H. Nankivell) | 1865 | Collection | ||
| Traditional relics of the Cornish language in Mount's Bay (Henry Jenner) | 1875 | Collection | ||
| Crankan Rhyme (John Davey) | 1890 | recited | 40 | yes |
1900s
| Name | Date | Type | Word count | Done? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. J. Noall | ~ early 20th c. | recited | ||
| Nance | collection |
