LEADER 06034ntm a2200673 i 4500001 99111943163506421 005 20240910143339.0 008 230609q14001500enk 000 p enm d 035 (OCoLC)1381684769 035 (OCoLC)on1381684769 035 (NjP)11194316-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager11194316 040 PUL |beng |eamremm |cPUL 041 enmlat 041 7 eng |2iso639-3 043 e-uk-enn-us-nj 100 1 Chaucer, Geoffrey, |d-1400, |eauthor. 245 15 [The Canterbury tales]. 264 0 [London, England] ; |c[between 1400 and 1500] 300 215 leaves : |bparchment, paper ; |c293 x 202 (195-225 x 120-140) mm bound to 295 x 223 mm. 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 Incipit: “First on þis wal was peyntid a forest, In wich ther dwellith nethir man nor best, With knotty and knarry brokyn’ treis old, And stobbis sharp and hidous to be hold…” 500 Explicit: “But certis these lordshippis doith vrong þat be nymyth her bondfolk thingis þat they nevir gave hem. Augustinus de Ciuitate dei libro” 500 Ms. codex. 520 One of approximately 84 extant manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's poem about pilgrims traveling to Canterbury exchanging tales along the way. This MS has the order of tales A B1 Fa Eb D Ea Fb Ga C B2cdef H I. 546 Middle English; |bAnglicana. 500 Title supplied by cataloger. 500 Third preliminary leaf contains a list of contents. Folio 2v contains a table giving times of sunrise and sunset for 20 days from 1 January to 5 June, and pen trials including the opening line of the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. Running titles. 505 0 Knight’s Tale (incomplete); Miller’s Prologue and Tale; Reeve’s Prologue and Tale; Reeve’s Prologue and Tale; Cook’s Prologue and Tale; Man of Law’s Prologue and Tale; Squire’s Prologue and Tale; Merchant’s Prologue and Tale; Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale (imperfect); Friar’s Prologue (incomplete) and Tale; Summoner’s Prologue and Tale (imperfect); Clerk of Oxford’s Prologue and Tale (imperfect); Franklin’s Prologue and Tale; Second Nun’s Prologue and Tale; Physician’s Tale; Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale; Prioress’ Prologue and Tale; Sir Thopas Prologue and Tale; Melibeus Prologue and Tale; Monk’s Prologue and Tale; Nun’s Priest’s Prologue and Tale; Manciple’s Prologue (incomplete) and Tale (incomplete); Parson’s Prologue and Tale (incomplete). 500 Collation: Parchment and paper ; fol. ii (modern paper) + i (19th-century tipped-in) + i (parchment) + i (contemporary paper flyleaf) + 215 (paper and parchment) + iii (modern paper); quires 1-22 and 28-29 are paper, 23-27 are parchment ; partial previous foliation crossed out ; modern foliation in pencil. 500 Layout: 34-39 lines per page ; ruled. 500 Description: Written by two scribes in Anglicana with some Secretary features, the second scribe is believed to be the Beryn Scribe. To the manuscript’s five parchment quires were added paper portions in the period 1450-1460 with much cutting and editing of the text. Watermarks on later end papers only. 500 Decoration: Rubrication for incipits and explicits. Rubricated running titles are preceded by blue paraphs; 3-line blue initials; beginnings of tales have 3-line blue initials with red penwork; running titles. 563 Contemporaneous binding. England, 15th century. Sewn on five alum-tawed double thongs laced into cushioned quarter-sawn oak boards (10 mm thick) through five channels. Brown leather spine. Remains of four nails for a leather tie on the upper board and a brass plate with four nails on the lower board. 530 Also available in an electronic version. 561 In the library of the Tollemache family of Helmingham Hall, Suffolk, from the 16th century, if not earlier. Sold from their collection by Sotheby's where it was purchased by the bookseller Laurence C. Witten in February 1963. Purchased by Princeton University Library, chiefly with funds provided by Robert H. Taylor (1908-1985), Class of 1930, and Christian A. Zabriskie (d. 1970), New York City, with additional support from Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Kenneth H. Rockey, Class of 1916, and Ernest C. Savage, all of whom were members of the Friends of the Princeton University Library. |5NjP 541 |cGiftRobert H. Taylor. |5NjP 510 4 Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, |cvolume 2, pages 317-321. |uhttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc4j03db09z 650 0 Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages |zEngland |zCanterbury |vPoetry. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009119505 650 0 English poetry |yMiddle English, 1100-1500. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043933 650 0 Manuscripts, English (Middle) |zNew Jersey |zPrinceton. 655 7 Poetry. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026481 655 7 decorated initials |2aat 655 7 Wooden boards |2rbmscv 655 7 Ties |2rbmscv 655 7 Parchment (Paper) |2rbpap 655 7 Watermarks (Paper) |2rbpap 700 3 Tollemache family, |eformer owner. 700 1 Witten, Laurence C., |ebookseller. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78044228 710 2 Sotheby's (Firm), |ebookseller. 710 2 Princeton University. |bLibrary. |kManuscript. |nPrinceton MS. 100. 752 England |dLondon 856 40 |zView online |uhttps://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2227mt79t 902 yw |bo |6t |7m |dv |f1 |e20190312 948 |hHELD BY PUL - 0 OTHER HOLDINGS 950 |c2023-12-09 04:39:42 US/Eastern |b2021-07-12 12:46:32 US/Easternfalse 994 Z0 |bPUL