The Middle English Compendium contains three Middle English
electronic resources: the Middle English Dictionary, a Bibliography
of Middle English prose and verse, and a Corpus of Middle English
Prose and Verse.
The world's largest searchable
database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period
1100-1500. An invaluable resource for lexicographers, language
scholars, and all scholars in medieval studies.
A description of the authors,
works, manuscripts, and editions cited in the Dictionary, the
Bibliography also defines the abbreviated forms under which those
works are referred to, and provides cross-references to major
reference sites to allow further study.
Background image: The Ellesmere
Manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, c. 1400-1405.
Shown is the introduction to "The Knight's Tale."
Available online at the Huntington
Library
