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EL 26 C 9 |
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Chaucer cover |
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Present binding of EL 26 C 9. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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Cover B4 restoration |
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Former binding of EL 26 C 9. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. i verso |
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Ownership notes of family members of Sir Robert Drury; also, “Thomas Calthorpp of” and "Edwarde Waldegrave"; the name and the phrase (also on f. iv verso), “Margery seynt John ys a shrew.” |
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f. ii r |
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Notes incl. “HD,” “per me Thomam Badbeye” and “1 Durum 5 Pati 68 R. North." The pressmark “Q.3” in the hand of John Egerton (1579-1649), 1st Earl of Bridgewater, corrected by John Egerton (1622-86), 2nd Earl of Bridgewater to “Q.3/3.” |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. ii verso |
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Rotheley, added verses, "Halfe in a dede sclepe not fully revyued." |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. iv |
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In the hand of the scribe, “per Rotheley.” |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. iv verso |
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Two sets of added verses, "From Ioue aboue a spendyng breath" (signed:) R. North; and "Retaine, refuse, no frend, no foe" (signed:) R. N. |
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f. v r |
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Two sets of added verses, "Thes worldly ioies, that faier in sight apeares" (signed:) R.N.; "In triflieng tales, by poets told" (signed:) R.N. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. vi r |
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The note, “Thomas Newman yeve these with my hartie comendacions >.” |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. vi v |
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“…Edmond Bedingfelde esquier > at Wightoun >”; notes in the same hand adjacent to the pilgrim illustrations on ff. 34v and 179. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. vii v |
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Added table of contents to the Canterbury Tales; an added motto, now erased, “de meuz en meuz” (de mieux en mieux?), also added to ff. ii verso and iii. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. viii r |
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Chaucer, “Truth,” added, in the early 15th century. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. 1r |
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Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; a grotesque in the decoration. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. 10r |
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The Knight, in the gloss space, by the first artist; on the horse are 2 letters, possibly sixteenth century, a “y” (?) and a “m” (?); below the miniature, a crude sixteenth century ink sketch of the Knight; somewhat damaged. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. 34v |
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The Miller, in the text and gloss space (the only miniature so positioned on a verso), by the first artist; sixteenth century note beside the miniature, “Robin with the Bagpype”; damaged. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. 42r |
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The Reeve, within the text space, by the first artist. |
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f. 47r |
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The Cook, within the text space, by the first artist. |
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f. 48r |
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The notes “…William Sayer” (also occurs on f. 108), “John Neue de oxenborowe in comt. norff. salutem percipe quod et cetera,” “Rog>se Smith [?],” and a note about Thomas, Duke of Norfolk (d. 1572). |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. 50v |
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The Man of Law, in a niche in the border decoration, by the first artist; damaged. Text laid out in stanza form with 42 lines per page. |
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EL 26 C 9 |
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f. 54 |
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The note, “Thome R>dell >nold Gregorye Nycholas Arnold.” |
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