Middle English Bibliography Entry

The Craft of Limning Books

Entry Info

External References:
IPMEP 836
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Brogyntyn 2.1 (olim Porkington 10) . (Pref. MS)
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
Early English Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Warton Club Publications (1855).
M. Clarke, 'The Crafte of Lymmyng and the Maner of Steynyng': Middle English Recipes for Painters, Stainers, Scribes, and Illuminators, Early English Text Society, Original Series 347 (2016).
MED title stencils and sources:
Brog 2.1
  • a1475 Limn.Bks. (Brog 2.1) Early English Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Warton Club Publications (1855).72-91.
  • a1475 Limn.Bks. (Brog 2.1:Clarke) M. Clarke, 'The Crafte of Lymmyng and the Maner of Steynyng': Middle English Recipes for Painters, Stainers, Scribes, and Illuminators, Early English Text Society, Original Series 347 (2016).pp.195-198 and footnotes marked "A," pp. 88-102 [Clarke MS A; item #0010]. Note: See also c1475 Yale-BA.Artist.Recipes (Yale-BA R486.M43 1450), which represents much the same text from a Yale MS. Where the two versions are parallel, they may be quoted as variants to each other.

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