 Recorded in the Old Cornish language, in the margins of a Gospel book, are the names and details of slaves freed in Bodmin (the then principal town of Cornwall, an important religious centre) during the 9th or 10th centuries.There is also an Old Cornish Vocabulary, an English – Latin vocabulary from around AD 1000 to which was added about a century later a Cornish translation.Some 961 Cornish words are recorded, ranging from celestial bodies, through church and craft occupations, to plants and animals.