Statistics

Some of the figures below are approximations, but still give an idea of how the final published volume will look and what has gone on ‘behind the scenes’ to make the publication possible.

Pages: 600

Size: A4

Words: 600,000

Headwords/Entries: over 800

Sample Word Distributions:

Number of 150 word entries: 12
Number of 200 word entries: 246
Number of 500 word entries: 225
Number of 600 word entries: 11
Number of 700 word entries: 7
Number of 850 word entries: 24
Number of 1,000 word entries: 44
Number of 1,500 word entries: 17
Number of 3,000 word entries: 4

Number of entries received: 818

Illustrations: 100

Maps: 9

Lists: 9

Contributors: 488

Expert Referees: 171

Advisory Board: 12

Publication Date: June 2008