COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL17092480
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JRL17092480
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Reference Number:
English MS 63
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English MS 63
Reference Number
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Previous Accession Number:
23125
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Miller's Tale
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Miller's Tale
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
Canterbury Tales
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Canterbury Tales
Parent Work Title
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Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator
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Creator Role:
Author
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Author
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false
Display Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Display Creator
false
Date Created:
15th century [early]
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15th century [early]
Date Created
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Page:
1v
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1v
Page
false
Image Sequence Number:
001v
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001v
Image Sequence Number
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Description:
Miller's Tale: A tinted pen and ink drawing of the miller precedes the text. The text begins 'Whylom ther dwellid in Oxinford' with a decorative illuminated initial 'W' and an illuminated foliate bar border in coloured inks. The script is round anglicana formata.
description
Miller's Tale: A tinted pen and ink drawing of the miller precedes the text. The text begins 'Whylom ther dwellid in Oxinford' with a decorative illuminated initial 'W' and an illuminated foliate bar border in coloured inks. The script is round anglicana formata.
Description
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
Language Code
false
Language:
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Subject:
English literature
subject
English literature
Subject
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Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
subject
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
subject
Poetry, Medieval
Subject
false
Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
subject
English literature--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category_of_material
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
sub_category
Illustrated works
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
sub_category
Miniatures (paintings)
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique_used
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Medium:
Gold leaf
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Gold leaf
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
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Vellum
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
people_covered
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
People Covered
false
Item Height:
272 mm
item_height
272 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
195 mm
item_width
195 mm
Item Width
false
Related Resources:
Eleven other leaves of the same manuscript (IMEV 4019/62b) belong to the Rosenbach Company, New York, 1084/2.
related_resources
Eleven other leaves of the same manuscript (IMEV 4019/62b) belong to the Rosenbach Company, New York, 1084/2.
Related Resources
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
provenance
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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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:
access_rights
<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
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), p. 403. 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), p. 403. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References
false
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.16.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.16.
References
false
Bibliographic Citation:
Vine, G., in 'Bulletin of the John Rylands Library' xvii (1933), p.333-47 with facsimile of all four pages.
bibliography
Vine, G., in 'Bulletin of the John Rylands Library' xvii (1933), p.333-47 with facsimile of all four pages.
Bibliographic Citation
false
Bibliographic Citation:
Manly, J.M., and Rickert, E., 'The Text of the Canterbury Tales', 1940, i. p.396-8.
bibliography
Manly, J.M., and Rickert, E., 'The Text of the Canterbury Tales', 1940, i. p.396-8.
Bibliographic Citation
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-09-25
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
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Medieval
Collection Code
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