COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17092480
Reference Number:
English MS 63
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Miller's Tale
Parent Work Title:
Canterbury Tales
Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date Created:
15th century [early]
Page:
1v
Image Sequence Number:
001v
Description:
Miller's Tale: A tinted pen and ink drawing of the miller precedes the text. The text begins 'Whylom ther dwellid in Oxinford' with a decorative illuminated initial 'W' and an illuminated foliate bar border in coloured inks. The script is round anglicana formata.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Language:
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Subject:
English literature
Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Item Height:
272 mm
Item Width:
195 mm
Related Resources:
Eleven other leaves of the same manuscript (IMEV 4019/62b) belong to the Rosenbach Company, New York, 1084/2.
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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), p. 403. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.16.
Bibliographic Citation:
Vine, G., in 'Bulletin of the John Rylands Library' xvii (1933), p.333-47 with facsimile of all four pages.
Bibliographic Citation:
Manly, J.M., and Rickert, E., 'The Text of the Canterbury Tales', 1940, i. p.396-8.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2017-09-25
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Miller's Tale
