Detail View: Medieval Collection:
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Image Number:
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Bookreader English MS 63
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Reference Number:
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English MS 63
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Previous Accession Number:
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23125
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Link to Catalogue:
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Parent Work Title:
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Canterbury Tales
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Creator:
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Creator:
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Fazakerley, Liverpool
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Creator Role:
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Binder
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Display Creator:
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Date Created:
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15th century [early]
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Language:
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
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Subject:
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English literature
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Subject:
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Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Poetry, Medieval
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Subject:
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English literature--Manuscripts
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Illustrated works
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Sub-Category:
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Item Height:
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272 mm
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Item Width:
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195 mm
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Related Resources:
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Eleven other leaves of the same manuscript (IMEV 4019/62b) belong to the Rosenbach Company, New York, 1084/2.
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.16.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Vine, G., in 'Bulletin of the John Rylands Library' xvii (1933), p.333-47 with facsimile of all four pages.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Manly, J.M., and Rickert, E., 'The Text of the Canterbury Tales', 1940, i. p.396-8.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-09-25
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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