Medieval Collection: Canon's Yeoman's tale

Image Number: Petworth_413
Reference Number: Petworth 486026
Image Title: Canon's Yeoman's tale
Parent Work Title: Canterbury Tales
Alternative Parent Work Title: Leconfield Chaucer
Alternative Parent Work Title: Petworth Chaucer
Creator: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator Role: Author
Display Creator: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date Created: 15th century [c.1420-1440]
Page: 205r
Image Sequence Number: 205r
Description: Canon's Yeoman's Tale: the script is in black and red ink and lines and borders are ruled in black, with 36-38 lines per page. Written in England in one hand, the dialect and spelling include a significant number of West Midland and North Midland forms.
Language Code: enm-GB
Subject: English literature--Manuscripts
Subject: English literature
Subject: Poetry, Medieval
Subject: Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject: Literature, Medieval
Category of Material: Manuscripts
Sub-Category: Codex
Technique Used: Handwriting
Medium: Ink
Support: Vellum
Creation Site: England
Time Period Covered: 1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: England
People Covered: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Item Height: 349 mm
Item Width: 256 mm
Item Depth: 84 (spine) - 92 (foredge ) mm
Current Repository: National Trust, Petworth House & Park, West Sussex
Provenance: Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 1446-1489
Provenance: Percy, Elizabeth, Lady
Provenance: Seymour, Catherine, Lady
Provenance: Wyndham, Charles Henry, 3rd Baron Leconfield
Rights Holder - Image: National Trust
Rights holder - Work: National Trust
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 2010-03-23
Multi Page Number: 2065
Image Creation Technique: Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 2010-04
Metadata Language: eng-GB