A Handbook of the Cornish Language

Cambridge University Press

A Handbook of the Cornish LanguageChiefly in its Latest Stages, with Some Account of its History and Literature\nAuthor(s): Henry Jenner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108047029, 978-1108047029\nSynopsis\n'Why should Cornishmen learn Cornish?' asked Henry Jenner [tel] in the preface to this 1904 publication, dating from the beginnings of the Cornish revival. Jenner admits that 'the reason ... is sentimental and not in the least practical'. Born in Cornwall, but raised in south-east England, Jenner worked at the British Museum from 1870 to 1909 and was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He eventually retired to Cornwall where he became a leading figure in establishing the Old Cornwall Societies and the Gorseth Kernow. The Handbook begins by marshalling the evidence for the use of the Cornish language from the middle ages to the eighteenth century, and listing the manuscripts and .