Middle English Bibliography Entry

Lack of Steadfastness

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 3190
NIMEV 3190
DIMEV 4990
Wells 16.19
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Additional 22139 .
London, British Library, Cotton Cleopatra D.7 .
Coventry, City Record Office Acc.325 .
Dublin, Trinity College 432 (D.4.18), part A .
LALME: vol. 1. 77. "Main hand of English texts." LP 4074. Northants.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Fairfax 16 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 73 .
London, British Library, Harley 7333 .
London, British Library, Harley 7578 .
London, Lambeth Palace Library 344 .
Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.20 (600) .
Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.21 (601) .
Cambridge, Trinity College R.14.51 (921) .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).
The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933).
A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].
More Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 77 (1886).
H. N. MacCracken, "Notes Suggested by a Chaucer Codex," Modern Language Notes 23 (1908).
A Supplementary Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 59 [1880].
MED title stencils and sources:
Benson (critical edition based on Cleo D.7)
  • ?a1450(c1390) Chaucer L.St. (Benson) The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).654. Note: Used from T- on.
Robinson (critical edition based on six manuscripts)
  • c1432-a1500(c1390) Chaucer L.St. (Robinson) The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933).632. Note: Used in A-S only.
Add 22139
  • c1432 Chaucer L.St. (Add 22139) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].middle col. p. 435.
  • See also Variants below.
Cleo D.7
  • ?a1450 Chaucer L.St. (Cleo D.7) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].right cols. pp. 434, 436.
  • See also Variants below.
Frf 16
  • c1450 Chaucer L.St. (Frf 16) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].left cols. pp. 435, 437.
  • See also Variants below.
Hat 73
  • c1450 Chaucer L.St. (Hat 73) More Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 77 (1886).33-34.
  • See also Variants below.
Hrl 7333
  • a1500 Chaucer L.St. (Hrl 7333) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].left cols. pp. 434, 436.
  • See also Variants below.
Hrl 7578
  • ?a1500 Chaucer L.St. (Hrl 7578) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].right cols. pp. 435, 437.
  • See also Variants below.
Lamb 344
  • a1500 Chaucer L.St. (Lamb 344) H. N. MacCracken, "Notes Suggested by a Chaucer Codex," Modern Language Notes 23 (1908).214.
  • See also Variants below.
Trin-C R.3.20
  • a1456 Chaucer L.St. (Trin-C R.3.20) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].middle cols. pp. 434, 436.
  • See also Variants below.
Trin-C R.14.51
  • c1475 Chaucer L.St. (Trin-C R.14.51) 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. 164-65.
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).1190. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933).1037-38. 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).p. 84; fns. pp. 85-89. A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].434-37. A Supplementary Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 59 [1880].164-65. More Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 77 (1886).33-34. H. N. MacCracken, "Notes Suggested by a Chaucer Codex," Modern Language Notes 23 (1908).214. 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.
  • c1432 (Add 22139)
  • ?a1450 (Cleo D.7)
  • ?c1450 (CovCRO Acc.325)
  • c1460 (Dub 432)
  • c1450 (Frf 16)
  • c1450 (Hat 73)
  • a1500 (Hrl 7333)
  • ?a1500 (Hrl 7578)
  • a1500 (Lamb 344)
  • a1456 (Trin-C R.3.20)
  • a1500 (Trin-C R.3.21)
  • c1475 (Trin-C R.14.51)

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