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Detail View: Medieval Collection: Friar's tale

Image Number: 
Petworth_303
Reference Number: 
Petworth 486026
Previous Accession Number: 
NT/PET/MISC/10
Image Title: 
Friar's tale
Parent Work Title: 
Canterbury Tales
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Leconfield Chaucer
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Petworth Chaucer
Creator: 
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date Created: 
15th century
Page: 
150r
Image Sequence Number: 
150r
Description: 
Friar's Tale: the script is in black and red ink and lines and borders are ruled in black, with 36-38 lines per page. Written in England in one hand, the dialect and spelling include a significant number of West Midland and North Midland forms.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
English literature--Manuscripts
Subject: 
English literature
Subject: 
Poetry, Medieval
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
England
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: 
England
People Covered: 
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Item Height: 
349 mm
Item Width: 
256 mm
Item Depth: 
84 (spine) - 92 (foredge ) mm
Current Repository: 
National Trust, Petworth House & Park, West Sussex
Provenance: 
Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 1446-1489
Provenance: 
Percy, Elizabeth, Lady
Provenance: 
Wyndham, Charles Henry, 3rd Baron Leconfield
Provenance: 
Seymour, Catherine, Lady
Rights Holder - Image: 
National Trust
Rights holder - Work: 
National Trust
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2010-03-23
Multi Page Number: 
1515
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2010-04
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval