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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0903651dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 113
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English MS 113
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Previous Accession Number:
R24403
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Squire's tale
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Squire's tale
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Parent Work Title:
Canterbury Tales and other works
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Canterbury Tales and other works
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Canterbury Tales
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Canterbury Tales
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Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
creator
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator
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Creator Role:
Author
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Author
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Creator:
Brode, John
creator
Brode, John
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Creator Role:
Scribe
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Scribe
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Display Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Date Created:
15th century [late]
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15th century [late]
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Page:
101v
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Image Sequence Number:
101v
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Description:
Squire's tale: a tale of romance. The script is a current anglicana of a rather legal sort.
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Squire's tale: a tale of romance. The script is a current anglicana of a rather legal sort.
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Transcription:
Squyer Sche was full mesurable as women be For of here fader she had taken leue To goon to rest sone after it was eve Hire lest not appalled for to be Ne on þe morowe vnlustylich for to se And slepe here Furst slepe, and þen awoke For suche a ioy she in here hert toke Boþe of here queynt ryng and hir myrro(ur) That xx tymes, she channged hir colour And in here slepe, right for impression Of hir myrrour, she hadde a vision Wherfor er þat þe son ganne vp glide She cleped vp here mastres here biside And seide þat here liste for to ryse þise olde wemen þat be glally wise As is her mastres. and annswerd anon And seide madame, wheder wolt ye goon þus erly for the folk ben alle in rest I woll q(uo)d sche arisen for me lest No lenger for to slepe: & walk about Hir maistres cleped wemen a grete rout And vp they resyn well, .x. or .xij. Vp riseth fressh Canacee her selue As rody and bright, as doth þe yong sonne That in the Ram is iiij degreis vp ronne Noon higher was he: whan she redy was And forth she walkith esily apaas Araied after the lusty seson swote Lightly for to play, and walke a foote Not but w(ith) .v. or .vj. of hir mayne And in a trench forth in þe park goth sche The vapour w(ith) þat: fro þe erthe glode Made the sonne to seme: rody and brode But naþeles it was so faire a sight þat it made al her hertis for to light, What for þe seso(u)n: and þe mornyng What for þe Foules/: þ(at) she herd syng(e) For right anon she wist what it ment Right bi her song(e): & knew al hire entent The knot why/: þat eu(er)y tale is tolde Yif it be taried til þe luste be colde Of hem þat after it haue herkened yore The savour passith eu(er) lenger the more For Fulsumnes of his prolixite And bi þis same reson thynkith me I sholde vnto the knotte condiscende And maken of here walkyng(e) sone an ende, A myd(e) a tree full drie. as white as Chalk As Canacee was pleyeng(e) in here walk þer sate a Fawco(u)n ou(er) hir hede ful hie That w(ith) a pitous vois so gan to crie þat all þe wode, resounde of hire crie I beten had she hir silf so pitously W(ith) boþe here wynges, til þe rede blood Ranne endlong(e) þe tre þ(er) as she stood And eu(er) in oon she alwey she cride and shryght And w(ith) here bek hire silf she so twysght [þ(at) þer nys tigre]
transcription
Squyer Sche was full mesurable as women be For of here fader she had taken leue To goon to rest sone after it was eve Hire lest not appalled for to be Ne on þe morowe vnlustylich for to se And slepe here Furst slepe, and þen awoke For suche a ioy she in here hert toke Boþe of here queynt ryng and hir myrro(ur) That xx tymes, she channged hir colour And in here slepe, right for impression Of hir myrrour, she hadde a vision Wherfor er þat þe son ganne vp glide She cleped vp here mastres here biside And seide þat here liste for to ryse þise olde wemen þat be glally wise As is her mastres. and annswerd anon And seide madame, wheder wolt ye goon þus erly for the folk ben alle in rest I woll q(uo)d sche arisen for me lest No lenger for to slepe: & walk about Hir maistres cleped wemen a grete rout And vp they resyn well, .x. or .xij. Vp riseth fressh Canacee her selue As rody and bright, as doth þe yong sonne That in the Ram is iiij degreis vp ronne Noon higher was he: whan she redy was And forth she walkith esily apaas Araied after the lusty seson swote Lightly for to play, and walke a foote Not but w(ith) .v. or .vj. of hir mayne And in a trench forth in þe park goth sche The vapour w(ith) þat: fro þe erthe glode Made the sonne to seme: rody and brode But naþeles it was so faire a sight þat it made al her hertis for to light, What for þe seso(u)n: and þe mornyng What for þe Foules/: þ(at) she herd syng(e) For right anon she wist what it ment Right bi her song(e): & knew al hire entent The knot why/: þat eu(er)y tale is tolde Yif it be taried til þe luste be colde Of hem þat after it haue herkened yore The savour passith eu(er) lenger the more For Fulsumnes of his prolixite And bi þis same reson thynkith me I sholde vnto the knotte condiscende And maken of here walkyng(e) sone an ende, A myd(e) a tree full drie. as white as Chalk As Canacee was pleyeng(e) in here walk þer sate a Fawco(u)n ou(er) hir hede ful hie That w(ith) a pitous vois so gan to crie þat all þe wode, resounde of hire crie I beten had she hir silf so pitously W(ith) boþe here wynges, til þe rede blood Ranne endlong(e) þe tre þ(er) as she stood And eu(er) in oon she alwey she cride and shryght And w(ith) here bek hire silf she so twysght [þ(at) þer nys tigre]
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
subject
Poetry, Medieval
Subject
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Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
subject
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
subject
Literature, Medieval
Subject
false
Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
subject
English literature--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Subject:
English literature
subject
English literature
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category_of_material
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
time_period_covered
1200 - 1500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
People Covered
false
Item Height:
300 mm
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300 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
210 mm
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210 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Pearce, Samuel Winter, Reverend, of Shaugh and Sampford Spinney in Devon.
provenance
Pearce, Samuel Winter, Reverend, of Shaugh and Sampford Spinney in Devon.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Hull, John, d. 1549. A customs officer of Exeter and Dartmouth.
provenance
Hull, John, d. 1549. A customs officer of Exeter and Dartmouth.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Hodson, Lawrence W., of Compton Hall near Wolverhampton.
provenance
Hodson, Lawrence W., of Compton Hall near Wolverhampton.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Woolcombe, Mr., of Pitton
provenance
Woolcombe, Mr., of Pitton
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___image
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
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<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
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References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.24.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.24.
References
false
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 420-21. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
references
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 420-21. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References
false
References:
Manley, John M., and Rickert, Edith, 'The text of the Canterbury Tales studied on the basis of all known manuscripts. Volume 1, Descriptions of the manuscripts' (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1940), pp. 349-55.
references
Manley, John M., and Rickert, Edith, 'The text of the Canterbury Tales studied on the basis of all known manuscripts. Volume 1, Descriptions of the manuscripts' (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1940), pp. 349-55.
References
false
Bibliographic Citation:
Griffiths, J., New light on the provenance of a copy of the Canterbury Tales, John Rylands Library, MS Eng. 113, 'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', vol. 77 no.2 (1995), pp25-30.
bibliography
Griffiths, J., New light on the provenance of a copy of the Canterbury Tales, John Rylands Library, MS Eng. 113, 'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', vol. 77 no.2 (1995), pp25-30.
Bibliographic Citation
false
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch for £180.00 in May 1910.
cost
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch for £180.00 in May 1910.
Cost
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2008-11-07
Multi Page Number:
1020
multi_page_number
1020
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
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Medieval
Collection Code
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