From 4 to 7 July 1994 the University of Leeds hosted the first International
Medieval Congress. Three sessions were dedicated to "Dictionaries of Medieval
Languages". They dealt with the following themes: "Projects", in which several
dictionary projects were presented, "Historical Background", which focuses on
the importance of extensive knowledge of the historical background when
working on a dictionary of a medieval language, and "Scribes and Scholars",
elaborating on the philological problems a lexicographer encounters when
working with old handwritten source material and its editions.