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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0903649dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 113
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English MS 113
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Previous Accession Number:
R24403
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Squire's tale
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Squire's tale
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Parent Work Title:
Canterbury Tales and other works
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Canterbury Tales and other works
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Canterbury Tales
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Canterbury Tales
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Creator:
Brode, John
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Brode, John
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Creator Role:
Scribe
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Scribe
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Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Creator Role:
Author
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Author
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Display Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
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Date Created:
15th century [late]
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15th century [late]
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Page:
100v
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100v
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Image Sequence Number:
100v
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Description:
Squire's tale: a tale of romance. The script is a current anglicana of a rather legal sort, in 54-60 long lines.
description
Squire's tale: a tale of romance. The script is a current anglicana of a rather legal sort, in 54-60 long lines.
Description
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Transcription:
Squyer Which is vnknowe algates vnto me Tho spekyn þei of Canacees ryng, And seiden all þat such a wonþir þing Of craft of Ryng(es) herde þei neu(er) noon Save that Moises and kyng Salamon Hadden a name. of kunnyng in such art þus seith þe peple, and drawen hem apart But naþeles some seide þat it was Wonder to make of farne esshes glas And yhit is glas not like, asshen of farne And for þei haue knowen it so Farne þ(er)for cesith here janglyng and here wonder As sore wondred some, as cause of þe þonder On ebbe, on flode, on gossomer and on myst And on all thyng till that þe cause is wist þus jangle þei and demen and deuyse Till þat þe kyng gan fro þe borde arise Phebus hath lost the angle merydionall And yhit ascendyng was þe beest Roiall The gentill Lyon, with his Aldrian Whan þat þis tartre kyng Cambustan Roos fro his borde: þer as he sate full hie Bifore hym goth the loude mynstralcye Till he come to his Chambr(e) of parementes þer as ther sounen, dyu(er)se Instrumentes This noble kyng is set vpon his Trone This straunge knyght is fett; to hym sone And on the daunce he goth with Canacee Here is the Revell and the jolite þat is not able a dull man to devise He most haue knowen love & his s(er)uise Who couth tell you, þe fourme of daunces So vncouth and such Fresshe connten(au)?nces Such subtell lokyng(es) and dissimylynges For drede of jalous men app(er)seyvynges No man but launcelot, and he is deed Therfor I passe: of all this lustyheed I sey no more but in this jolynes I lete hem(e), till men to soup(er) dres The stuard bade spices for to hie And eke þe wyne; and þis melodie The vsshers and þe Squiers ben goon The spices and þe wyne is come anon They ete and drank, & when þ(is) had an ende Vnto the temple, as reso(u)n was they wende The seruyse doon, þei soupen all biday What nedith to yowe: rehersen here aray Eche man wote well, þat a kynges Fest Hath plente to þe most and to the lest And deyntes mo þan be in my knowyng And after souper goth þis noble kyng To seen this hors of bras, w(ith) all arowte Of ladies and of lordis hym aboute Such wondryng was þ(er) on þis hors of bras That sithen the grete sege of Troy was Ther as men wondred on an hors also
transcription
Squyer Which is vnknowe algates vnto me Tho spekyn þei of Canacees ryng, And seiden all þat such a wonþir þing Of craft of Ryng(es) herde þei neu(er) noon Save that Moises and kyng Salamon Hadden a name. of kunnyng in such art þus seith þe peple, and drawen hem apart But naþeles some seide þat it was Wonder to make of farne esshes glas And yhit is glas not like, asshen of farne And for þei haue knowen it so Farne þ(er)for cesith here janglyng and here wonder As sore wondred some, as cause of þe þonder On ebbe, on flode, on gossomer and on myst And on all thyng till that þe cause is wist þus jangle þei and demen and deuyse Till þat þe kyng gan fro þe borde arise Phebus hath lost the angle merydionall And yhit ascendyng was þe beest Roiall The gentill Lyon, with his Aldrian Whan þat þis tartre kyng Cambustan Roos fro his borde: þer as he sate full hie Bifore hym goth the loude mynstralcye Till he come to his Chambr(e) of parementes þer as ther sounen, dyu(er)se Instrumentes This noble kyng is set vpon his Trone This straunge knyght is fett; to hym sone And on the daunce he goth with Canacee Here is the Revell and the jolite þat is not able a dull man to devise He most haue knowen love & his s(er)uise Who couth tell you, þe fourme of daunces So vncouth and such Fresshe connten(au)?nces Such subtell lokyng(es) and dissimylynges For drede of jalous men app(er)seyvynges No man but launcelot, and he is deed Therfor I passe: of all this lustyheed I sey no more but in this jolynes I lete hem(e), till men to soup(er) dres The stuard bade spices for to hie And eke þe wyne; and þis melodie The vsshers and þe Squiers ben goon The spices and þe wyne is come anon They ete and drank, & when þ(is) had an ende Vnto the temple, as reso(u)n was they wende The seruyse doon, þei soupen all biday What nedith to yowe: rehersen here aray Eche man wote well, þat a kynges Fest Hath plente to þe most and to the lest And deyntes mo þan be in my knowyng And after souper goth þis noble kyng To seen this hors of bras, w(ith) all arowte Of ladies and of lordis hym aboute Such wondryng was þ(er) on þis hors of bras That sithen the grete sege of Troy was Ther as men wondred on an hors also
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
subject
Poetry, Medieval
Subject
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Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
subject
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Subject:
English literature
subject
English literature
Subject
false
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
subject
Literature, 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:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
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:
300 mm
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300 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
210 mm
item_width
210 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Hodson, Lawrence W., of Compton Hall near Wolverhampton.
provenance
Hodson, Lawrence W., of Compton Hall near Wolverhampton.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Pearce, Samuel Winter, Reverend, of Shaugh and Sampford Spinney in Devon.
provenance
Pearce, Samuel Winter, Reverend, of Shaugh and Sampford Spinney in Devon.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Hull, John, d. 1549. A customs officer of Exeter and Dartmouth.
provenance
Hull, John, d. 1549. A customs officer of Exeter and Dartmouth.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Woolcombe, Mr., of Pitton
provenance
Woolcombe, Mr., of Pitton
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___image
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
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References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.24.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.24.
References
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References:
Manley, John M., and Rickert, Edith, 'The text of the Canterbury Tales studied on the basis of all known manuscripts. Volume 1, Descriptions of the manuscripts' (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1940), pp. 349-55.
references
Manley, John M., and Rickert, Edith, 'The text of the Canterbury Tales studied on the basis of all known manuscripts. Volume 1, Descriptions of the manuscripts' (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1940), pp. 349-55.
References
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), pp. 420-21. 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), pp. 420-21. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References
false
Bibliographic Citation:
Griffiths, J., New light on the provenance of a copy of the Canterbury Tales, John Rylands Library, MS Eng. 113, 'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', vol. 77 no.2 (1995), pp25-30.
bibliography
Griffiths, J., New light on the provenance of a copy of the Canterbury Tales, John Rylands Library, MS Eng. 113, 'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', vol. 77 no.2 (1995), pp25-30.
Bibliographic Citation
false
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch for £180.00 in May 1910.
cost
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch for £180.00 in May 1910.
Cost
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2008-11-07
Multi Page Number:
1010
multi_page_number
1010
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB