• 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

• Full border and epigraphic initial with foliate decoration., Fables

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

• Puzzle initial 'A'(llas) with pen-flourishing at the beginning of the book., The Consolation of Philosophy (index De consolatione philosophiae)

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

• Marginal drawing in red ink of a fish and a stock in a tun, a rebus for the name 'Stoughton'., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Rebus for the name 'Stoughton' John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• Decorated initial 'A'(t)., The Canterbury Tales (imperfect), and other works, including the Prose Brut Chronicle of England ('peculiar version' to 1419) (ff. 1-24v), extracts from Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Lydgate's Life of Edmund and Fremund (ff. 136-146v)

also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library: inscribed by Edward Harley, 'Oxford BH, Dec 1738' (f. 2). Decorated intial John Shirley John Shirley Geoffrey Chaucer Leicester England, Central (Leicester)

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 9832 British Library, London 82 images.

82 images. Date(s) Author(s) [Geoffrey Chaucer] Collection(s) Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 9832 Source Library British Library, London Description THE LEGENDE of good women, by Geoffrey Chaucer. On paper of the

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 10,340 British Library, London 45 images.

images. Date(s) Author(s) [Geoffrey Chaucer] Collection(s) Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 10,340 Source Library British Library, London Description BOETRIUS de Consolations Philosophiæ, translated into English by Goffrey Chaucer. On vellum, of

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 12,044 British Library, London 117 images.

Manuscripts, Section A 12,044 British Library, London 117 images. Date(s) Author(s) [Geoffrey Chaucer] Collection(s) Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 12,044 Source Library British Library, London Description CHAUCER's Poem of Troylus and

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 12524 British Library, London 31 images.

Manuscripts, Section A 12524 British Library, London 31 images. Date(s) Author(s) [Geoffrey Chaucer, Gilbert Banester] Collection(s) Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A Manuscript Number 12524 Source Library British Library, London Description CHAUCER'S Legends of

• MS Part One: Medieval Manuscripts from the Sloane and Additional Manuscripts, Section A 18,632 British Library, London 103 images.

Prince Lionel of England, in the years 30-33 Edw. III. [1356-1359]. Amongst the items are entries of payments for Geoffrey Chaucer. Source Microfilm Collection British Literary Manuscripts from the British Library, London; Series III: Medieval Age: c.1150-1500 Reel# Gale Document