• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Byhold the myrie talkynge of the Hoost to Chaucer

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Here the hoost stynteth Chaucer of his tale of Thopas , and biddeth hym , telle another tale Namoore of this , for goddes dignytee Quod oure hoost for thow makest me

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

Hoost to Chaucer Whan seyd was al this miracle , euery man As sobre was , that wonder was to se Til that oure hoost Iapen to bigan And thanne at erst he looked vp on me .s. Chaucer And

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

hoost. to Chaucer WHan seyd was al this myracle , euery man As sobre was , that wonder was to se Til that oure hoost iapen to bigan And thanne at erst he looked vp on me .i. Chaucer And

• The Norman Blake Editions of The Canterbury Tales

de Chaucer Grisilde is deed , and eek hir pacience And bothe atones , buryed in Ytaille For which I crie , in open audience No wedded man , so hardy be tassaille His wyues pacience , in hope to

• Flourished initial 'A'(t), in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales., Canterbury Tales

(foliate) pen-flourishing. Canterbury Tales Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. Flourished initial Geoffrey Chaucer England

• Miniature of the miracle of saint Edmund's head: after Edmund's martyrdom, his head was hidden in a thicket, but a wolf guarded the head and protected it from other wild animals; this marginal miniature is placed next to the text of another miracle, explaining how the head cried out "Here! Here! Here!" enabling it to be found, and reunited with the body., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect Part 1:Added poem (on the Chaucer page), 15th century:'Off worthy Chaucerhere the pickture stoodThat much did wryghtand all to doo us good.Summe ffuryous ffoole have

• Decorated initials., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect Part 1:Added poem (on the Chaucer page), 15th century:'Off worthy Chaucerhere the pickture stoodThat much did wryghtand all to doo us good.Summe ffuryous ffoole have

• Decorated initials., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect Part 1:Added poem (on the Chaucer page), 15th century:'Off worthy Chaucerhere the pickture stoodThat much did wryghtand all to doo us good.Summe ffuryous ffoole have

• Miniature of Edmund tied to a tree and being shot full of arrows by two Viking invaders, with a decorated initial combined with a full foliate border with acanthus leaves, at the beginning of the text., Lives of St Edmund and St Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect

Fremund (ff. 4-46); Secrees of Old Philisoffres (ff. 52-81); Regiment of Princes (ff. 84-144v); imperfect Part 1:Added poem (on the Chaucer page), 15th century:'Off worthy Chaucerhere the pickture stoodThat much did wryghtand all to doo us good.Summe ffuryous ffoole have

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

'Ther be vi thynges'. 'and so be hit. Amen'. English f. 28r Prayer 'O vos sacerdotes'. Latin ff. 29r-48r Geoffrey Chaucer Tale of Melibeus (IPMEP 18 ) 'A yonge man myghtye and riche'. 'his goode name for it is written'.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c. 1380 - c. 1509: The Bodleian Library, Oxford, MSS Additional - Digby , vol. 1, Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, p. 48, no. 115. Hammond, E. P. 1908, rpt. 1933. Chaucer: A Bibliographical

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

T., Scott, K. L., and Dennison, L., ed, 2000. An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c. 1380 - c. 1509: The Bodleian Library, Oxford, MSS Additional - Digby , vol. 1,

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

Press, 4. Green, M. 1992, ‘ Obstetrical and Gynecological Texts in Middle English ’ , Studies in the Age of Chaucer 14, 55-88. Green, M. and Mooney, L. 2006. ‘ The Sickness of Women ’ , in Sex, Aging, and

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

T., Scott, K. L., and Dennison, L., ed, 2000. An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to He nry VIII c. 1380 - c. 1509: The Bodleian Library, Oxford, MSS Additional - Digby , vol.