Lanes Lexicon Preface

(Linking is still under development)

Volume 1: ا - ث

• Preface (by Edward Willian Lane)
• Table I: Conjugations of Arabic Verbs
• Table II: Lexicological and Grammatical Terms
• Table III: Chronological list of the cited Lexicologists and Grammarians
• Table IV: Indications of Authorities
• Postscript to the Preface

Volume 2: ج - خ

Volume 3: د - ز

Volume 4: س - ص

Volume 5: ض - ع

Volume 6: غ - ف

• Preface of Volume 6 (by Stanley Lane Poole)
• MEMOIR of EDWARD WILLIAM LANE:
  • 1801―1825.
  • 1825―1828. The first visit to Egypt. - “The Description of Egypt.”
  • 1828―1835. The second visit to Egypt. (1833―5.)
  • 1835―1842. “The Modern Egyptians.”
    “The Thousand and One Nights.”―“Selections from the Ḳur-án.”
  • 1842―1849. The third visit to Egypt.
  • 1849―1876. The Arabic Lexicon.

Volume 7: ق - م

Volume 8: ن - ى

• Supplement for ق - ى
• Postscript of Volume 8 (by Stanley Lane Poole)

Original xml-files of Lanes Lexicon were provided by http://www.perseus.tufts.edu (Arabic collection), and are currently undergoing manual and automated verification processes.

Updates will be posted at irregular intervalls.

Current status of development:

• Proofreading and html-conversion of OCR results of prefaces, postscripts and related tables: completed
• Proofreading and html-conversion of OCR result of Memoir: completed
• Manual root verification (correction of Perseus xml-files) and preparation of page index: completed
• Root-references to pdf-files: completed
• Automated split of perseus xml-files (by letter) into individual html-files for each root: completed
  (entries of supplement were appended to related roots of main part of lexicon)
• Navigation menu for roots (roots of supplement were fully integrated): completed
• Automated correction of arabic transliteration of authorities: completed
  (manual proofreading is ongoing)
• Structural revision of Perseus xml-files and automated conversion to valid HTML5: completed
• Manual entry verification: mostly done
• Crossreference between entries: ongoing
• Proofreading of text within entries of lexicon: ongoing