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(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Robert Henryson (c. 1439-1506) is known as the 'Scottish Chaucer'. This manuscript of his poems is a copy of Bassandyne's edition printed in Edinburgh in 1571 (see Bawcutt 2005). The drawing of the cock (f. 3v) and the representation of
for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library. Puzzle initial Boethius, translated by 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
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
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). Flourished initial 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
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