• Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library MS A.4.18 (110) / Canterbury Tales

MS Appellation: Ln (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Date Range: 1425-1450 Scribal Hands: Unknown Dialect: LP : 6650; County : Bucks Material: Parchment No of Folios: i + 266 Pagination: A fairly

• England, Petworth, Petworth House, The National Trust MS 7 / Canterbury Tales

Trust MS 7 MS Appellation: Pw Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Date Range: 1400-1425 Scribal Hands: Petworth Scribe Hand 1 Dialect: Petworth Scribe: S.W.Worcs/Gloucs (Smith 1997) Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 blank parchment leaf

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 197 (U.1.1) / Canterbury Tales

(U.1.1) MS Appellation: Gl (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales (ff1-115); Purgatory of Saint Patrick (ff116-120) Language: English Date Range: 1476-1477 Scribal Hands: Geoffrey Spirling Dialect: Norwich Material: Paper No of Folios: iv modern paper

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

glosses Title by Scribe: 'This Poem is usually call'd 'Consolatio sibi a sane oblata', by Thomas Occleve, a Disciple of Chaucer' in right margin of f1 beside second stanza; added. Borders: On f1 gold, blue and red bar border on

• London, British Library MS Harley 4866 / Regiment of Princes

gold grounds with foliage patterns within. Miniatures: Probably originally had presentation on f1; now still has the famous portrait of Chaucer on f88, and the man lassoing added text to pull it back into the text column on f62. Paragraph

• England, London, British Library MS Sloane 1825 / Regiment of Princes

On f1r by much later (19th c?) hand, 'Tho Occleve de Regimine Principis' and a note about the mention of Chaucer, citing Urry, notes on Hoccleve's being a clerk of the Privy Seal citing Catalogue of BL(?) 'MSS Anglie &

• Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 409 (V.3.7) / Romaunt of the Rose

MS Appellation: The Romaunt of the Rose Title: Romaunt of the Rose Author: Chaucer Contents: Romaunt of the Rose (incomplete) Language: English and French Scribal Hands: Unknown Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 marbled flyleaf + iv paper flyleaves +

• USA, Chicago, IL, Newberry Library MS f.33.5 / Confessio Amantis

initials, plain without flourishing. Further Information: Saenger catalogue, p. 61. J. H. Fisher, John Gower, Moral Philosopher and Friend of Chaucer (NY, 1959), classifies as 'First version unrevised' (p. 305, Appendix A, MS 25, listed as Castle Howard MS). See

• London, British Library MS Additional 10340 / Boece

MS Appellation: Ad4 (Manly & Rickert) Title: Boece Author: Chaucer Contents: Boece; Truth; General Prologue (description of Parson, perhaps a memorial fragment) Language: English Date Range: 1400-1425 Scribal Hands: Hand 1 Hand 2 Dialect: LP 6590; County: Herts Material: Parchment

• London, British Library MS Harley 1758 / Canterbury Tales

MS Appellation: Ha2 (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Scribal Hands: Antiquaries 134 Scribe Dialect: W.Mids Material: Parchment No of Folios: 1 paper matches pastedown + 1 newish paper flyleaf + 1 parchment

• London, British Library MS Harley 7334 / Canterbury Tales

MS Appellation: Ha4 (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales Language: English Date Range: 1400-1425 Scribal Hands: Gower Scribe or Scribe D Dialect: Scribe D; Chaucerian/S.W.Mids/Northern Material: Parchment No of Folios: 3 heavy paper flyleaves (match

• England, Lichfield, Lichfield Cathedral Library MS 29 / Canterbury Tales

MS Appellation: Lc (Manly and Rickert) Title: Canterbury Tales Author: Chaucer Contents: Canterbury Tales including Retraction treated as end of Parson's Tale. Language: English Date Range: 1425-1450 Scribal Hands: Petworth Scribe Lichfield Scribe Dialect: Scribe 1 : Chaucerian/Standardised; Scribe 2

• London, British Library MS Royal 17 D.VI / Regiment of Princes

major breaks in the text, beginnings of new texts. Miniatures: Most of f40 is miniature of presentation scene; portrait of Chaucer, full-length, is drawn into left margin of f93v; in the margin of f102, added later and quite primitive is

• England, British Library MS Additional 18632 / Siege of Thebes; Regiment of Princes

household accounts of the Countess of Ulster. On f101, another leaf of vellum, originally pasted to the cover are more fragments of the household accounts for the years 1356-1359 containing entries for payments to Geoffrey Chaucer, page in the household.

• Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 902 (SC 27573) / Gower Scribe or Scribe D

copytext and represent Gower's original punctuation is difficult to tell though he frequently uses the up-side-down semicolon mark in his Chaucer manuscripts. It seems to represent a modern comma. The punctus mark divides phrases. Usage: The scribe is conscious of