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Byhold the myrie talkynge of the Hoost to Chaucer
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
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
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
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
(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 Chaucer, wearing an inkhorn around his neck, clutching a rosary, and pointing at the text. The lines of verse at which Chaucer points refer to his portrait: 'I have heere his liknesse / Do make, to this ende,
a miniature of Chaucer, wearing an inkhorn around his neck, clutching a rosary, and pointing at the text. Horizontal catchwords.f. 1* is a parchment flyleaf.f. 1: Added text in a later hand, with the rubric: 'Here begynnth the Book how
429.Bought by the British Museum from B. Quaritch, 9 November 1889 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Detail Geoffrey Chaucer England
429.Bought by the British Museum from B. Quaritch, 9 November 1889 (note on 1st flyleaf verso), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). Detail Geoffrey Chaucer England
Print from 6 MSS not containing the Pardoner s Tale, The Chaucer Society Series 1, 92, London: Tr ü bner. Hammond, E. P. 1908, rpt. 1933. Chaucer: A Bibliographical Manual , New York: Macmillan, rpt, New York: Peter Smith,
'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'.
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
Eljenholm Nichols, A., and Scott, K. L. ed, 2001. An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c. 1380-c.1509: Fascicle 2, MSS Dodsworth-Marshall , London, Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, p. 53, no. 540.
Eljenholm Nichols, A., and Scott, K. L. ed, 2001. An Index of Images in English Manuscripts from the Time of Chaucer to Henry VIII c. 1380-c.1509: Fascicle 2, MSS Dodsworth-Marshall , London, Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, p.88, no. 662. Madan,