Detail View: Medieval Collection: Parson's tale
|
Image Number:
|
Petworth_572
|
|
Reference Number:
|
Petworth 486026
|
|
Previous Accession Number:
|
NT/PET/MISC/10
|
|
Image Title:
|
Parson's tale
|
|
Alternative Image Title:
|
On Pride
|
|
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 [c.1420-1440]
|
|
Page:
|
284v
|
|
Image Sequence Number:
|
284v
|
|
Description:
|
Parson's Tale: the script is in black and red ink and lines and borders are ruled in black. There are 36-38 lines per page. Some portions of text are underlined in red ink and small gold and blue initials appear throughout the text. 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:
|
Illumination (image-making process)
|
|
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:
|
Seymour, Catherine, Lady
|
|
Provenance:
|
Wyndham, Charles Henry, 3rd Baron Leconfield
|
|
Rights Holder - Image:
|
National Trust
|
|
Rights holder - Work:
|
National Trust
|
|
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
|
2010-03-23
|
|
Multi Page Number:
|
2860
|
|
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
|