This manuscript is a fragment of the Canterbury Tales, including portions of the Reeve's Tale, the Cook's Tale, and the Man of Law's Tale. These eleven leaves along with two leaves in the John Rylands Library (English MS. 63) are all that survive of the 'Oxford' manuscript.
Support: Parchment; Extent: Eleven leaves; 300 x 200 mm ; Foliation: Modern pagination in pencil upper right recto and upper left verso; Collation: Fragment of eleven leaves; following the modern pagination: 9/10, 1/2 (bifolium), 3/4, 7/8 (bifolium), 5/6 (single), 13/14, 11/12 (bifolium), 15/16 (single), 17/18 (single), 19/20 (single), 21/22 (single); Catchwords: Two extant horizontal catchwords lower inside margin verso
Frame-ruled in ink; variable lay-out of text in either five stanzas of seven lines or one column of thirty-eight lines; written area: 220 x 134 mm
Anglicana
Two outline drawings in bistre of the Cook and the Man of Law with two six-line initials decorated in blue, black, pink, and green on a gold background with foliate border extensions; one five-line and two three-line initials in red and blue with pen flourishing; titles in red; paragraph signs in red and blue
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Staining throughout
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
England
Circa 1440
Middle English (1100-1500)
These eleven leaves along with two leaves in the John Rylands Library (English MS. 63) are all that survive of the 'Oxford' manuscript; grandson of Alfred Harley, 6th Earl of Oxford (sold by Sotheby, 23 July 1896, no. 256); William A. White acquired in 1927
England
Circa 1440
Middle English (1100-1500)
These eleven leaves along with two leaves in the John Rylands Library
This manuscript is a fragment of the Canterbury Tales, including portions of the Reeve's Tale, the Cook's Tale, and the Man of Law's Tale. These eleven leaves along with two leaves in the John Rylands Library (English MS. 63) are all that survive of the 'Oxford' manuscript.
Staining throughout
Anglicana
Two outline drawings in bistre of the Cook and the Man of Law with two six-line initials decorated in blue, black, pink, and green on a gold background with foliate border extensions; one five-line and two three-line initials in red and blue with pen flourishing; titles in red; paragraph signs in red and blue
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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