• Cambridge, Pembroke College MS 215 / Boece

philosophie dictus genere pons' (the last word has been added). Flourished Initials: Blue with red flourishing Further Information: Seymour, M. C. A Catalogue of Chaucer Manuscripts, vol. 1, Works Before 'The Canterbury Tales', pp. 52-53, Aldershot, Hants: Scolar Press, 1995.

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 163 / Troilus; Balade to Rosamunde

Rosamunde Author: Chaucer Contents: Troilus and Criseyde; Balade to Rosamonde. Language: English Date Range: 1400-1425 Scribal Hands: Hand 1 Hand 2 Hand 3 Hand 4 Material: Paper No of Folios: iii old paper flyleaves + iii new paper flyleaves +

• London, British Library MS Additional 12044 / Troilus and Criseyde

Author: Chaucer Contents: Troilus and Criseyde Language: English Date Range: 1425-1450 Scribal Hands: Hand 1 Hand 2 Dialect: E. Anglia Material: Parchment No of Folios: iv + 113 + ii Pagination: In ink in what seems to be early numbering.

• London, British Library MS Harley 372 / Anelida and Arcite, Regiment of Princes

Range: 1450-1475 Scribal Hands: Unknown Hammond Scribe Material: Paper No of Folios: 114 Quiring: 1(20), 2(24), 3(12), 4(14), 5(18 missing 1), 6(20) plus 5 folios possibly all singles. Signatures: Only signatures on ff45-56. The arabic numbers 1-6 in the lower

• 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.

Manuscript Description London, British Library MS Harley 7333 MS Appellation: Ha3 (Manly and Rickert) Title: 'A library of secular literature' (Manly and Rickert), including the Canterbury Tales. There are 7 books now joined to form a single manuscript.

• London, British Library MS Lansdowne 851 / Canterbury Tales

i marbled flyleaf + i paper flyleaf + i marbled flyleaf + parchment flyleaf (life of Geoffrey Chaucer and numbered 1) + 2-255 + ii paper flyleaves + i marbled flyleaf Pagination: Modern foliation 1-255 includes the original vellum flyleaf

• London, British Library MS Sloane 1685 / Canterbury Tales

Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Date Range: 1425-1450 Scribal Hands: Hand 1 Hand 2 Hand 3 Dialect: Staffs Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1-223 Pagination: Old foliation in red ink. Quiring: 8's. One quire lost

• London, British Library MS Additional 12044 / Hand 2

between lobe and loop of the letter. Usage: 'doun'; use of this form of 'd' is similar practise to Scribe 1 in this manuscript. Are they the same scribes, or just trained in the same place? g Usage: 'grace'; this

• USA, Philadelphia, Rosenbach Foundation MS 1084/1 (Phillipps 8137, Ph3) / Hand 1

Profile Hand 1 Current Manuscript: USA, Philadelphia, Rosenbach Foundation MS 1084/1 (Phillipps 8137, Ph3) Folios: 1-42 Sampled Folios: 14v, 15v Image Rights: Reproduced with permission of the Rosenbach Museum & Library a Usage: 'abegge'; single compartment secretary 'a' with fine

• England, Worcester, Cathedral Library MS F 172 / Hammond Scribe

MS R.3.21 (601) London, British Library MS Royal 17 D. XV part 1 London, British Library MS Harley 2251 London, Royal College of Physicians MS 388 London, British Library, MS Additional 34360 Cambridge, Trinity College MS O.3.11 (1183) Cambridge, Trinity

• London, University College Library, Special Collections MS frag. Angl. 1 / Trevisa-Gower Scribe

Collection 194 London, University College Library, Special Collections MS frag. Angl. 1 Tokyo, Senshu University Library, MS 1 Current Manuscript: London, University College Library, Special Collections MS frag. Angl. 1 Identification: Images not good Folios: 1-4 (2 bifolia unconnected) Sampled

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

Scribe Profiles for this Scribe: Cambridge, University Library MS Ii. 3.21 part 1 Cambridge, University Library MS Ii. 5.41 Current Manuscript: Cambridge, University Library MS Ii. 3.21 part 1 Folios: 1-119 Sampled Folios: 3r, 56r, 79v, 116r Image Rights: Reproduced

• Scotland, Glasgow, University Library MS Hunter 84 (T.4.1) / Richard Frampton

Scribal Profile Richard Frampton Profiles for this Scribe: Cambridge, University Library MS Mm. 5.14 Scotland, Glasgow, University Library MS Hunterian T.4.1 (84) London, British Library, MS Cotton Claudius D.II London, Corporation of London Record Office, Cust. 8 London

• San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library, HM 128 (olim Phillipps 20420) / Unknown

Usage: 'purgatorye'; an example of 'g' from further up the same page, much less formal than the example in version 1. Usage: 'godes grace'; an example of both types of 'g' in the same line. Usage: 'nought'; the 'ght' combination.

• England, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield House, Cecil Papers, Box S. 1. / Troilus and Criseyde

Hatfield House, Cecil Papers, Box S. 1. MS Appellation: Hatfield Fragment Title: Troilus and Criseyde Author: Chaucer Contents: Troilus and Criseyde fragment. Language: English Scribal Hands: Adam Pinkhurst Dialect: London Type III Material: Parchment No of Folios: Two sides of

• Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.19 (599) / Anthology of Chaucer, Lydgate

16th century. Scribal Hands: Trinity Anthologies scribe Material: Paper No of Folios: 1 parchment stub + 2 newer paper (17th-18th c.) + 254 + 2 newer paper + 1 parchment stub Pagination: 16th cent. foliation within each separate booklet including

• Cambridge, St John's College, MS H.1 (204) / Polychronicon

Contents: 1) Dialogus inter clericum et militem trans Trevisa from Latin of Ockham; 2) sermo domini Archiepiscopi Armachani (trans Trevisa); 3) Trevisa, Polychronicon Language: English and Latin Date Range: 1400-1425 Scribal Hands: Delta Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 heavy

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

2-252 parchment leaves + 1 paper flyleaf + 2 parchment leaves numbered iii and iv as pastedown. Pagination: Modern pencil foliation in top right corner. Quiring: 1(7)(missing 1), 2-7(8), 8(9), 9(7) (missing 5), 10(4), 11(7) (missing 1), 12-32(8) Signatures: Very

• USA, New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library MS 493 / Hoccleve's Series followed by Regement of Princes

Combination No of Folios: 1 modern parchment matches pastedown + originally blank heavy parchment, added table of contents to verso from ?late 17-18? c = 1 (parchment) ' 134 (paper, 11th of a quire) + 1 modern parchment matches pastedown

• Cambridge, Queen's College 12 / De regimine principum

from binding, one with MS Latin text + 1 paper early printed folio + 70 parchment folios + 3 parchment stubs + 2 early printed folios + 2 paper stubs + 1 full-height parchment stub, MS Latin text Pagination: None: