Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

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Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cha.PL.2006.16.04

General Information

Title Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
Shelfmarks Cha.PL.2006.16.04
Material Paper
Place of Origin Westminster, England
Date of Origin about 1476-1477

Original Condition

Page Height 240 mm
Page Width 165 mm
Height of Written Area 198 mm
Width of Written Area 195 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 29

Current Condition

Dimensions 240 x 165 mm

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Chaucer, Geoffrey
    • Text Language English
    • Title The Canterbury Tales
    • Content Description

      The Knight's Tale

      • Begins Line 1 recto: He letteth not his fellow forto se
      • Ends Line 29 verso: Ne may with venus holde champartye

History

Provenance

"The leaves used in this [leaf] book came from a copy of the Canbertuby Tales in the library of Lord Ashburnham, which the Caxton Club purchased for distribution in this leaf book. The Ashburnham copy was incomplete, containing only 148 leaves, so only 148 of the total edition of 255 copies included an original leaf." (de Hamel, Christopher, and Silver, Joel. Disbound and Dispersed: The Leaf Book Considered. Chicago: The Caxton Club, 2005, pp. 68-9.)

Bibliography

  • From the ISTC (ic00431000): Goff C431; HC 4921; Duff 87; DeR(C) 22; Cx 17; STC 5082; IJL2 127; SI 1108; Sallander 2143; Walsh 3989; Rhodes(Oxford Colleges) 537; Bod-inc C-172; Sheppard 7369; Pr 9626; BMC XI 103; BSB-Ink C-258; GW 6585

    https://data.cerl.org/istc/ic00431000