• London, British Library MS Egerton 2864 / Canterbury Tales, Siege of Thebes

En3 (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales, Siege of Thebes Author: Chaucer and Lydgate Contents: Canterbury Tales; Siege of Thebes Language: English Date Range: 1475-1500 Scribal Hands: Egerton 2864 scribe Hand 2 Dialect: LP : 8301; County : Suffolk Material:

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS R. 3. 3 (532) / Canterbury Tales

3 (532) MS Appellation: Tc1 Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales (ends incomplete in Parson's Tale). Language: English Date Range: 1450's by Manly and Rickert; James dates 'Cent. xv (after 1450), in a good rather current hand'. (2.50).

• London, British Library MS Harley 7333 / 'A library of secular literature' (Manly and Rickert), including the Canterbury Tales. There are 7 books now joined to form a single manuscript.

literature' (Manly and Rickert), including the Canterbury Tales. There are 7 books now joined to form a single manuscript. Author: Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve and Lydgate Contents: Canterbury Tales (ff37ra-118r); Parlement of Foules; Complaint of Mars; Anelida and Arcite; Stedfastnesse; Gentilesse;

• Cambridge, Peterhouse MS 75 part 1 / Equatorie scribe

found in the manuscripts consulted. It is associated with Chaucer in the Hengwrt and Ellesmere copies of the 'Canterbury Tales' copied by Adam Pinkhurst and may be a form used by Chaucer himself. Usage: 'polised // of'; the paragraphus generally

• USA, Philadelphia, Rosenbach Foundation 1083/30 (olim Phillipps 1099) / Unknown

extended left arm. Upper Case Letters Usage: 'That'; two versions of upper case 'T' are demonstrated here. Usage: 'To'; Usage: 'But'; Usage: 'And'; Chaucer Portrait Usage: The portrait of Chaucer in the margin, on the folio with signature I 8.

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.15 (595) / Canterbury Tales

R. James catalogue 595; Tc2 (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: ff1-3 16th century tracts; ff3v-4v Prologue to Canterbury Tales (from Thynne's edition); ff5-315 Canterbury Tales; f 316 Piers Plowman's Crede Language: English Date Range: 1485-1550; after

• Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 392D / Canterbury Tales

392D MS Appellation: Hengwrt, Hg (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Date Range: 1395-1415 Scribal Hands: Adam Pinkhurst Thomas Hoccleve Dialect: Adam Pinkhurst : Chaucerian Material: Parchment No of Folios: i (leaf from

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.3.53, Part 2 / Astrolabe +[ Privy Seal and Signet documents as part 1].

Title: Astrolabe +[ Privy Seal and Signet documents as part 1]. Author: Chaucer Contents: Part 2 Astrolabe, 15th cent. [Part I formulary for Signet ca. 1400] Language: English Date Range: 1400-1425 Scribal Hands: Astrolabe scribe Material: Parchment No of Folios:

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ii. 3.21, part 1 / Boethius

MS Ii. 3.21, part 1 Title: Boethius Author: Chaucer Contents: Boethius (closely affiliated NLW MS Peniarth 393D); on ff52v-54, after II metrum 5 of Chaucer's Boethius, the scribe has copied Former Age and Fortune; Commentary on Boethius by William of

• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Mm.2.5 / Canterbury Tales

MS Appellation: Mm (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Date Range: 1425-1450 Scribal Hands: Unknown Dialect: No LP; County : Leics Material: Parchment No of Folios: i parchment flyleaf now as pastedown +

• Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS McClean 181 / Canterbury Tales

MS Appellation: Fi (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales, closest textually to Alnwick, Duke of Northumberland MS 455. Language: English Date Range: Before the date of death of Thomas Kent, probable first owner, in 1468-9.

• USA, Philadelphia, PA, Rosenbach Museum & Library MS 1083/30 / Regiment of Princes, Consolation of Philosophy

in 5 parts, the front cover detached, second fragment begins with marbled paper, third fragment begins on leaf after the Chaucer portrait (k.1) and ends with second paper flyleaf at back, marbled paper flyleaf at back is separate, and back

• Oxford, St John's College MS 57 / Miscellany including Parlement of Fowls

57 Title: Miscellany including Parlement of Fowls Author: Chaucer and anon Contents: Three Booklets: 1. Pricke of Conscience; 2. London Chronicle; 3. Parlement of Fowls and Statutes and ordinances for a military host under Henry V. Language: English Date Range:

• London, British Library MS Additional 5140 / Canterbury Tales

MS Appellation: Ad1 (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer and Lydgate Contents: Canterbury Tales; Siege of Thebes Language: English Date Range: 1475-1500. By scripts to late 15th century, possibly contemporary with arms on f1. Scribal Hands: Egerton 2864

• Holkham, Norfolk, Holkham Hall, Collection of the Earl of Leicester MS 667 / Canterbury Tales

Leicester MS 667 MS Appellation: Hk (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Date Range: 1430-1450 Scribal Hands: Unknown Dialect: Essex/Suffolk Material: Parchment No of Folios: 86 Quiring: 1(1 missing i-vii), 2(8), 3(6), 4-9(8),

• England, Manchester, Chetham's Library MS 6709 (Mun. A.4.104) / Religious compendium

(Mun. A.4.104) MS Appellation: Chetham's Title: Religious compendium Author: Chaucer and Lydgate Contents: Life of Our Lady; Second Nun's Tale; Prioress's Prologue and Tale; Lydgate's Lives of Saints Margaret, George, Edmund, Fremund. Language: English Date Range: Dated variously between 1485-90

• England, Clitheroe, Lancashire, Stonyhurst College Library MS B. XXIII / Miscellany of religious works.

MS Appellation: Stonyhurst (Manly and Rickert) Title: Miscellany of religious works. Author: Chaucer and anon Contents: Three kings of Cologne; The tale of Mellybe and Prudence (34r-45r); Abbey of the Holy Ghost; Four Feathers; The Quantitey of the Earth Language:

• Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 393D / Boethius

of Wales MS Peniarth 393D Title: Boethius Author: Chaucer Contents: Chaucer's translation of Boethius, Consolatio Philosophie. Language: English Date Range: 1400-1425 Scribal Hands: Adam Pinkhurst Material: Parchment No of Folios: 27 Pagination: Modern pencil top right corner. Quiring: 1(7 i

• USA, Chicago, University of Chicago, Regenstein Library MS 564 / Canterbury Tales

564 MS Appellation: McCormick, Mc (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Date Range: 1430-1460 Scribal Hands: Unknown Dialect: W.Oxon Material: Parchment No of Folios: ii (old paper flyleaves) + 192 + i (old

• USA, New York, NY, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Plimpton 254 / Astrolabe

Book and Manuscript Library MS Plimpton 254 Title: Astrolabe Author: Chaucer Contents: Three separate texts. A calendar on ff1-11 was a separate booklet; the Astrolabe begins on f12r; an astrological treatise begins on f24v. Language: English Date Range: 1425-1450 Scribal