CONCORDANCES, &c.
Bible.—A Concordance, that is to saie, a worke wherein by the ordre of the letters of the A B C ye maie redely finde any words conteigned in the whole Bible, so often as it is there expressed or mencioned ... anno 1550. [at end] Richardus Grafton, typographus Regius excudebat, Mense Iulii. A. M.D.L. folio.
Dedicated to Edward VI. by the author, John Marbeck. Title, 4 preliminary leaves, ff. 1-35, after which the leaves are not numbered. (Sign. a. 1 to vvv. 6 in sixes. Woodcut of Henry VIII. in council, 1 leaf.)
—— A briefe and Compendiouse table, in a maner of a Concordaunce openyng the waye to the principall histories of the whole Bible, and the most com̃on articles grounded and comprehended in the newe Testament and olde, in maner as amply as doeth the great Concordaūce of the Bible. Gathered and set furth by Henry Bullynger, Leo Jude, Conrade Pellicane, and by the other Ministers of the Churche of Tygurie. And nowe first imprinted in Englyshe. D M L ... London for Gwalter Lynne 1550. Sm. 8vo. A to T 2 in eights.
R. F. Hervey published a Concordance in 1579, which went through several editions; C. Cotton published one in 1622 also frequently reprinted; J. Downame one in 1632 of which there are later editions; and Robert Wickens one at Oxford in 1655. The “Cambridge” Concordance of Samuel Newman (1650), of which a third improved edition was issued in 1682, long held its own, but it and all others were superseded on the publication of Cruden’s Concordance.
—— A complete Concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. By Alexander Cruden, M.A. London, 1737. 4to.
Second edition 1761, third edition 1769; this is the last corrected by the author.
Most of the Concordances published since are founded upon Cruden.
—— A Concordance to the Psalms of David according to the version in the Book of Common Prayer. By the Rev. Charles Girdlestone. London (Rivingtons), 1834. 12mo. title, preface 1 leaf, pp. 179.
Proper names are in a separate alphabet.
—— A Concordance to the Psalter contained in the Book of Common Prayer. From the Concordance to the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament. London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Royal 8vo. title, pp. 75.
—— A Metrical Index to the Bible, or Alphabetical Tables of the Holy Scriptures in Metre. By Josiah Chorley. Norwich, 1711. 8vo. pp. 55.
—— Index to The Bible, in which the various subjects which occur in the Scriptures are alphabetically arranged; with accurate references to all the books of the Old and New Testaments. Stereotype edition. London, 1812. Roy. 4to. pp. 33.
—— An Index to subjects not noticed, or imperfectly referred to in the Index to the principal matters contained in the Notes to the Family Bible lately published under the direction of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.... By the Rev. H. B. Wilson, D.D. London, 1818. 4to. pp. 8, sign. B to 2 E 3 in fours.
—— A Concordance of Parallels collected from Bibles and Commentaries, which have been published in Hebrew, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, English and other languages, with the authorities of each. By the Rev. C. Cruttwell. Printed for the Author. 1790. 4to. title, pp. 397, 135.
Homer.—A Complete Concordance to the Iliad of Homer. By Guy Lushington Prendergast. London, 1875. 4to. pp. 416, in double cols.
Keble.—A Concordance to “The Christian Year.” Oxford and London, 1871. 12mo. pp. 524.
Liturgy.—A Concordance to the Liturgy or Book of Common Prayer, etc., according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland. By the Rev. J. Green, D.D., Vicar of St. Neot’s, Hunts. London, 1851. 12mo. pp. x, 431.
Milton.—A Verbal Index to Milton’s Paradise Lost, adapted to every edition but the first, which was published in ten books only. London, 1741. 12mo.
—— A Complete Concordance to the Poetical Works of Milton. By Guy Lushington Prendergast, Madras Civil Service. Madras (Pharaoh & Co.), 1857. 4to. title, 1 preliminary leaf, pp. 416.
Originally published in 12 parts.
—— A Complete Concordance to the Poetical Works of John Milton. By Charles Dexter Cleveland, LL.D. London (Sampson Low, Son & Marston), 1867. Sm. 8vo. pp. viii, 308.
The Rev. H. J. Todd compiled a verbal Index to the whole of Milton’s Poetry which was appended to the second edition of his life of the Poet (1809).
Pope.—A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Pope. By Edwin Abbott, with an Introduction by Edwin A. Abbott, D.D. London (Chapman & Hall), 1875. Royal 8vo. pp. xviii, 366.
Shakespeare.—An Index to the remarkable passages and words made use of by Shakespeare, calculated to point out the different meanings to which the words are applied. By Samuel Ayscough. London, 1790. Royal 8vo.
Reprinted Dublin 1791 and London 1827 in demy 8vo.
—— A Complete Verbal Index to the Plays of Shakspeare, adapted to all the editions, comprehending every substantive, adjective, verb, participle, and adverb used by Shakespeare; with a distinct reference to every individual passage in which each word occurs. By Francis Twiss. London, 1805. 2 vols. 8vo.
—— The Complete Concordance to Shakspere: being a verbal Index to all the passages in the dramatic works of the Poet. By Mrs. Cowden Clarke. London (C. Knight & Co.), 1845. Royal 8vo. pp. viii, 860.
—— Shakespeare-Lexicon: a Complete Dictionary of all the English words, phrases and constructions in the works of the poet. By Dr. Alexander Schmidt. (Berlin and London), 1874. 2 vols. royal 8vo.
—— A Concordance to Shakespeare’s Poems: an Index to every word therein contained. By Mrs. Horace Howard Furness.
“To your audit comes
Their distract parcels in combined sums.”
Philadelphia (J. B. Lippincott & Co.), 1874. Pp. iv, 422.
—— A Hand-Book Index to the Works of Shakespeare, including references to the phrases, manners, customs, proverbs, songs, particles, etc., which are used or alluded to by the great Dramatist. By J. O. Halliwell, Esq., F.R.S. London (J. E. Adlard), 1866. 8vo. pp. vi; contents 1 leaf, pp. 551. Only fifty copies printed.
Tennyson.—A Concordance of the entire works of Alfred Tennyson, P.L., D.C.L., F.R.S. By D. Barron Brightwell. London (Moxon), 1869. 8vo. p. xiv, 477.
—— Concordance to the works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate. London (Strahan & Co.), 1870. Pp. 542.
“The Holy Grail,” etc., is indexed separately.
—— An Index to “In Memoriam.” London (E. Moxon & Co.), 1862. 12mo. pp. iv, 40.
Watts.—A Complete Index to Dr. Watts’ Psalms. By D. Guy, of Rye in Sussex. 1774. 12mo.
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