initial of Chaucer holding an open book, at the beginning of the prologue to the Canterbury Tales. I full border in colours and gold with foliate decoration (f. 2). 26 three-sided borders in colours and gold (ff. 12, 39v, 48v,
Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)
Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)
Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)
Lansdowne, prime minister: his book-plate with heraldic arms and the motto 'virtute non verbis' (inside upper cover); purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807. Detail Herman Scheerre Geoffrey Chaucer London England, S. E. (London?)
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. 33, no. 454.
with reference to Fein (2003). Bennett, M. 1982. John Audelay: Some New Evidence on his Life and Work Chaucer Review , 16, 344-55. Braswell, L. 1987. The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist IV: A Handlist of Douce
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,
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. 61, no. 575.
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. 95, no. 716.