Middle English Bibliography Entry

The Former Age

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 28
NIMEV 28
DIMEV 14
Wells 16.16
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Cambridge, University Library Hh.4.12 .
Cambridge, University Library Ii.3.21 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).
A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 57 [1878].
MED title stencils and sources:
Benson-Robinson (critical eds. based on Cmb Ii.3.21)
  • ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A. (Benson-Robinson) The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).650-51. 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).629.
Cmb Hh.4.12
  • a1475 Chaucer Form.A. (Cmb Hh.4.12) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 57 [1878].col. 1 pp. 174-76.
  • See also Variants below.
Cmb Ii.3.21
  • ?c1425 Chaucer Form.A. (Cmb Ii.3.21) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 57 [1878].col. 2 pp. 174-76.
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).1188. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933).1036. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Minor Poems, eds. G. B. Pace and A. David, part 1, A Variorum Edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 5.1 (1982).fns. pp. 97-101. A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 57 [1878].174-6. 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.
  • a1475 (Cmb Hh.4.12)
  • ?c1425 (Cmb Ii.3.21)

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