Geoffrey Chaucer — c. 1450–1470; English

Title

Geoffrey Chaucer — c. 1450–1470; English

Polyphonic fragments — 14th century; English

Shelfmark

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 14

Place of origin

English

Date

c. 1450–1470

14th century

Language

Latin

Middle English (1100-1500)

Contents

Binding

Stamped brown leather, much worm-eaten, on new boards and re-backed, English 15th cent. work (London ?).

Acquisition

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Provenance

John Selden, 1584–1654

Title

'The Talis of Caunturbury' by Chaucer

Shelfmark

MS. Arch. Selden. B. 14

Summary

'The Talis of Caunturbury' by Chaucer: in the order given in Hearne's Collections (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) ii. 194-196, and E. P. Hammond's Chaucer, a bibliographical manual, 1908, p. 187: a leaf is wanting at the end containing part of Chaucer's epilogue after the words 'booke of Seint Valentyn'.

Fols 1-3 are part (Jan.-Feb., Sept.-Dec.) of a fifteenth cent. liturgical (Sarum) Calendar: at Sept. 10 is added the obit of William Heed, 1510. Fols, i, 312 are parts of four leaves from a 14th cent. Latin choir-book for three voices.

Date

Written about the middle of the 15th century

Language

English

Physical facet

On parchment, with illuminated borders, capitals, etc.; binding, stamped brown leather, much worm-eaten, on new boards and re-backed, English 15th cent. work (London ?)

Physical extent

311 Leaves

Custodial history

'Pertinet Thomaum [?] Heed ciuis Londoniarum', see above. 'Edmounde Clarke ', 'This is the booke of Mr. Clarke, one of the quens maiestys footmene', 16th cent. There is much other scribbling.

Manuscript 3374 acquired by the Bodleian Library