Middle English Bibliography Entry

Legend of Good Women (unrevised Prologue)

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 100
NIMEV 100
DIMEV 177
Wells 16.33
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Additional 9832 .
London, British Library, Additional 28617 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 638 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Fairfax 16 .
Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys 2006 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Arch. Selden. B.24 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 346 .
Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.19 (599) .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).
A Supplementary Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 59 [1880].
Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 60 (1880).
A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].
MED title stencils and sources:
Benson-Robinson (critical eds. based on Frf 16)
  • c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson) The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).left cols. pp. 588-603 (lines 1-579). 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).left cols. pp. 567-83 (lines 1-579).
Add 9832
  • ?a1525 Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Add 9832) A Supplementary Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 59 [1880].middle cols. pp. 60-79(line 579).
  • See also Variants below.
Add 28617
  • a1475 Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Add 28617) Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 60 (1880).134-36(line 579).
  • See also Variants below.
Bod 638
  • c1475 Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Bod 638) A Supplementary Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 59 [1880].left cols. pp. 60-79(line 579).
  • See also Variants below.
Frf 16
  • c1450 Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Frf 16) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].middle cols. even pp. 244-82(line 579).
  • See also Variants below.
Pep 2006
  • ?c1450 Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Pep 2006) A Supplementary Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 59 [1880].right cols. pp. 60-79(line 579).
  • See also Variants below.
SeldArch B.24
  • c1500 Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (SeldArch B.24) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].middle cols. odd pp. 245-83(line 579).
  • See also Variants below.
Tan 346
  • a1450 Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Tan 346) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].right cols. even pp. 244-82(line 579).
  • See also Variants below.
Trin-C R.3.19
  • c1500 Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Trin-C R.3.19) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].left cols. odd pp. 245-83(line 579).
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).1179-80. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933).1031. A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].244-83. A Supplementary Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 59 [1880].60-79. Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 60 (1880).134-36. 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.
  • ?a1525 (Add 9832)
  • a1475 (Add 28617)
  • c1475 (Bod 638)
  • c1450 (Frf 16)
  • ?c1450 (Pep 2006)
  • c1500 (SeldArch B.24)
  • a1450 (Tan 346)
  • c1500 (Trin-C R.3.19)

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