Middle English Bibliography Entry

Canterbury Tales: Chaucer's Retraction

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 4019
NIMEV 4019
DIMEV 6414
Wells 16.89
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Additional 5140 .
LALME: vol. 1. 100. Part of LP 8301. Suffolk.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 414 .
LALME: vol. 1. 146. "MS in one hand." Norfolk.
Cambridge, University Library Ii.3.26 .
Cambridge, University Library Mm.2.5 (olim Ely) .
LALME: vol. 1. 68. "Language apparently of N Leics. a little W of Frisby." Leics.
London, British Library, Egerton 2726 (olim Haistwell) .
London, British Library, Egerton 2864 (olim Ingilby) .
San Marino, Huntington Library, EL 26.C.9 (Ellesmere) .
LALME: vol. 1. 91. "MS in one hand." Part of LP 6400. London.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton donat. 1 .
LALME: vol. 1. 149. LP 6670. Bucks.
London, British Library, Harley 1758 .
London, British Library, Harley 7334 .
Glasgow, University Library, Hunterian 197 (U.1.1) .
LALME: vol. 1. 88. "In the hands of Geoffrey and Thomas Sperling, of Norwich." Norfolk.
Lichfield, Cathedral Library 29 (2) .
London, British Library, Lansdowne 851 .
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean 181 (olim Ashburnham 127) .
Oxford, New College 314 .
LALME: vol. 1. 153. "Norfolk associations." Norfolk.
Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys 2006 .
Petworth House, Sussex, Lord Leconfield MS 7 .
London, British Library, Royal 18.C.2 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson poet. (otherwise called "Rawl. F." series) 149 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson poet. (otherwise called "Rawl. F." series) 223 .
Manchester, John Rylands Library, Eng 113 (olim Hodson) .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Arch. Selden. B.14 .
Tokyo, Toshiyuki Takamiya, on permanent loan to New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Takamiya 24 (olim Chatsworth) .
Tokyo, Toshiyuki Takamiya, on permanent loan to New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Takamiya 32 (olim Penrose 10, olim Delamere) .
LALME: vol. 1. 161. "MS in one hand." LP 5970. Kent.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, pre-1700 MS 46 (olim Louis Silver, olim Phillipps 6570) .
Austin, Texas, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, pre-1700 MS 143 (olim Cardigan) .
Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.15 (595) .
Oxford, Trinity College Arch.49 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).
A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 8, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 49 [1877].
The Cambridge MS. Dd.4.24 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, completed by the Egerton MS. 2726, ed. F. J. Furnivall, 2 parts, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 95, 96 (1902).
The Harleian MS 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 73 (1885).
MED title stencils and sources:
Manly-Rickert (critical edition)
  • (a1400) Chaucer CT.Rt. (Manly-Rickert) The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, pp. 476-77.
Add 5140
  • c1485 Chaucer CT.Rt. (Add 5140) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 8, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 49 [1877].col. 2 pp. 684-85.
  • See also Variants below.
Eg 2726
  • c1440 Chaucer CT.Rt. (Eg 2726) The Cambridge MS. Dd.4.24 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, completed by the Egerton MS. 2726, ed. F. J. Furnivall, 2 parts, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 95, 96 (1902).677-78.
  • See also Variants below.
Elsm (EL 26.C.9)
  • c1405 Chaucer CT.Rt. (Elsm) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 8, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 49 [1877].col. 1 pp. 684-85.
  • See also Variants below.
HatDon 1
  • c1455 Chaucer CT.Rt. (HatDon 1) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 8, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 49 [1877].col. 4 pp. 684-85 (lines 1086-92).
  • See also Variants below.
Hrl 1758
  • c1455 Chaucer CT.Rt. (Hrl 1758) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 8, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 49 [1877].col. 3 pp. 684-85.
  • See also Variants below.
Hrl 7334
  • c1410 Chaucer CT.Rt. (Hrl 7334) The Harleian MS 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 73 (1885).690-91.
  • See also Variants below.
Lnsd 851
  • c1415 Chaucer CT.Rt. (Lnsd 851) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 8, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 49 [1877].col. 6 pp. 684-85.
  • See also Variants below.
Petw 7
  • c1425 Chaucer CT.Rt. (Petw 7) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 8, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 49 [1877].col. 5 pp. 684-85.
  • See also Variants below.
RwlPoet 149
  • c1460 Chaucer CT.Rt. (RwlPoet 149) The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, fns. pp. 476-77; vol. 8, pp. 545-49.
SeldArch B.14
  • c1460 Chaucer CT.Rt. (SeldArch B.14) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 8, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 49 [1877].col. 4 p. 684 (lines 1081-86).
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, fns. pp. 476-77; vol. 8, pp. 545-49. A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 8, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 49 [1877].684-85. The Cambridge MS. Dd.4.24 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, completed by the Egerton MS. 2726, ed. F. J. Furnivall, 2 parts, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 95, 96 (1902).677-78. The Harleian MS 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 73 (1885).690-91. Note: Editions are listed here roughly in the order in which they should be consulted by users seeking to identify the source of a variant reading cited by the MED: critical editions, followed by parallel-text editions and single-manuscript editions.
  • c1485 (Add 5140)
  • c1465 (Bod 414)
  • c1440 (Cmb Ii.3.26)
  • c1455 (Cmb Mm.2.5)
  • c1440 (Eg 2726)
  • c1470 (Eg 2864)
  • c1405 (Elsm)
  • c1455 (HatDon 1)
  • c1455 (Hrl 1758)
  • c1410 (Hrl 7334)
  • a1477 (Htrn 197)
  • c1440 (Lchf 29)
  • c1415 (Lnsd 851)
  • c1460 (McC 181)
  • c1460 (NC 314)
  • c1485 (Pep 2006)
  • c1425 (Petw 7)
  • c1435 (Roy 18.C.2)
  • c1460 (RwlPoet 149)
  • c1455 (RwlPoet 223)
  • a1485 (Ryl Eng 113)
  • c1460 (SeldArch B.14)
  • c1455 (Tak 24)
  • c1455 (Tak 32)
  • c1460 (Tex 46)
  • c1450 (Tex 143)
  • c1490 (Trin-C R.3.15)
  • c1475 (Trin-O Arch.49)

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