Treatise on the Astrolabe - Middle English Compendium

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Treatise on the Astrolabe

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External References:	IPMEP 438 Wells 16.30
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:	Aberdeen, University Library 123 . LALME: vol. 1. 59. "In various kinds of far N Midland language." London, British Library, Additional 23002 . London, British Library, Additional 29250 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 360 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 391 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 393 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 68 . LALME: vol. 1. 145. "English in one hand." LP 236. Lincs. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 619 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, e Mus. 54 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, e Mus. 116 . LALME: vol. 1. 148. Hand A. LP 4271. Cambs. Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 4869 . Privately owned, olim Rothesay, Marquess of Bute MS 13 (A.19) . Cambridge, University Library Dd.3.53 . Cambridge, University Library Dd.12.51 . Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 424 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 72 . London, British Library, Egerton 2622 . Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Eng.920 . Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, Duke of Northumberland MS 460 . Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth 359 (olim Hengwrt 219) . New York, Columbia University, Plimpton 254 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson D.3 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson D.913 . London, British Library, Sloane 261 . London, British Library, Sloane 314 . Cambridge, St. John's College E.2 (105) . Tokyo, Toshiyuki Takamiya, on permanent loan to New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Takamiya 9 (olim Penrose) . London, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Special Collections, Thompson Collection 1 (olim Phillipps 11955) . Cambridge, Trinity College R.14.52 (922) (fragment) . Cambridge, Trinity College R.15.18 (941) . Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales 3049D (olim Mostyn 146) . Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales 3567B (olim Puleston 7) .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:	The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987). The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Globe edition, eds. A. W. Pollard, et al., (1898; rpt. 1923, 1932, etc.). Manuscript collations by J. Reidy; formerly in poss. of MED. Currently archived at the Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 66. Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe, ed. P. Pintelon, Rijksuniversiteit te Gent, Werken uitgegeven door de Faculteit van de Wijsbegeerte en Letteren 89 (1940); photographic facsimile of MS at end of thesis. A Treatise on the Astrolabe, ed. W. W. Skeat, Early English Text Society, Extra Series 16 (1872). [= Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 29 [1872]]. Manuscript collations by J. Reidy; in poss. of MED. Currently archived at the Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 66. E. S. Laird, ed., "Texts concerning Scientific Instruments," in Sex, Aging, & Death in a Medieval Medical Compendium, ed. M. T. Tavormina (2006).
MED title stencils and sources:	Benson-Robinson (critical eds. based partly on Bod 619) a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr. (Benson-Robinson) The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).662-81 (to supplementary propositions). Note: In A-S (?and some early parts of T-) quoted from The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933).641-59 (to supplementary propositions). Bod 68 c1400 Chaucer Astr. (Bod 68:Globe) The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Globe edition, eds. A. W. Pollard, et al., (1898; rpt. 1923, 1932, etc.).fns. pp. 638-58. c1400 Chaucer Astr. (Bod 68:Reidy) Manuscript collations by J. Reidy; formerly in poss. of MED. Currently archived at the Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 66. See also Variants below. Brussels 4869 c1400 Chaucer Astr. (Brussels 4869) Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe, ed. P. Pintelon, Rijksuniversiteit te Gent, Werken uitgegeven door de Faculteit van de Wijsbegeerte en Letteren 89 (1940); photographic facsimile of MS at end of thesis. See also Variants below. Cmb Dd.3.53 c1400 Chaucer Astr. (Cmb Dd.3.53) A Treatise on the Astrolabe, ed. W. W. Skeat, Early English Text Society, Extra Series 16 (1872). [= Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 29 [1872]].1-51 See also Variants below. Dgb 72 a1500 Chaucer Astr. (Dgb 72:Reidy) Manuscript collations by J. Reidy; formerly in poss. of MED. Currently archived at the Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 66. See also Variants below. Plim 254 ?c1425 Chaucer Astr. (Plim 254:Reidy) Manuscript collations by J. Reidy; formerly in poss. of MED. Currently archived at the Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 66. See also Variants below. Sln 314 a1500 Chaucer Astr. (Sln 314:Reidy) Manuscript collations by J. Reidy; in poss. of MED. Currently archived at the Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 66. See also Variants below. StJ-C E.2 a1400 Chaucer Astr. (StJ-C E.2:Reidy) Manuscript collations by J. Reidy; formerly in poss. of MED. Currently archived at the Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 66. See also Variants below. Trin-C R.14.52 a1484 Chaucer Astr. (Trin-C R.14.52) E. S. Laird, ed., "Texts concerning Scientific Instruments," in Sex, Aging, & Death in a Medieval Medical Compendium, ed. M. T. Tavormina (2006).2:656-659.
Variants taken from:	The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933).1040-42. The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).1195-97. Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe, ed. P. Pintelon, Rijksuniversiteit te Gent, Werken uitgegeven door de Faculteit van de Wijsbegeerte en Letteren 89 (1940).fns. pp. 83-104. Manuscript collations by J. Reidy; formerly in poss. of MED. Currently archived at the Bentley Historical Library, Middle English Dictionary Records, Box 66. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Globe edition, eds. A. W. Pollard, et al., (1898; rpt. 1923, 1932, etc.).fns. pp. 638-58. A Treatise on the Astrolabe, ed. W. W. Skeat, Early English Text Society, Extra Series 16 (1872). [= Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 29 [1872]].61-72. Note: Editions are listed here roughly in the order of likelihood that they are the source of a given variant reading in the MED. c1440 (Aber 123) a1500 (Add 23002) a1500 (Add 29250) a1500 (Ashm 360) a1500 (Ashm 391) a1500 (Ashm 393) c1400 (Bod 68) a1450 (Bod 619) ?c1400 (BodeMus 54) a1450 (BodeMus 116) c1400 (Brussels 4869) a1500 (Bute 13) c1400 (Cmb Dd.3.53) a1500 (Cmb Dd.12.51) a1500 (Corp-C 424) a1500 (Dgb 72) a1500 (Eg 2622) a1500 (Harv Eng.920) a1500 (Nthld 460) a1475 (Pen 359) ?c1425 (Plim 254) a1500 (Rwl D.3) c1425 (Rwl D.913) 1555 (Sln 261) a1500 (Sln 314) a1400 (StJ-C E.2) a1475 (Tak 9) a1475 (Thom 1) a1500 (Trin-C R.15.18) a1600 (Wales 3049D) 1551 (Wales 3567B)