Middle English Bibliography Entry

Complaint unto Pity

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 2756
NIMEV 2756
DIMEV 4375
Wells 16.15
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Additional 34360 (olim Phillipps 9053) .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 638 .
Cambridge, University Library Ff.1.6 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Fairfax 16 .
London, British Library, Harley 78 .
London, British Library, Harley 7578 .
Longleat, Somerset, Marquess of Bath MS 258 .
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).
More Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 77 (1886).
A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 21 [1871].
Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 60 (1880).
MED title stencils and sources:
Benson-Robinson (critical eds. based on Frf 16)
  • c1450(c1370) Chaucer Pity (Benson-Robinson) The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).640-41. 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).620-21.
Add 34360
  • a1500 Chaucer Pity (Add 34360) More Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 77 (1886).11-15.
  • See also Variants below.
Bod 638
  • c1475 Chaucer Pity (Bod 638) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 21 [1871].right cols. even pp. 40-48.
  • See also Variants below.
Cmb Ff.1.6
  • a1500 Chaucer Pity (Cmb Ff.1.6) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 21 [1871].middle cols. odd pp. 41-49.
  • See also Variants below.
Frf 16
  • c1450 Chaucer Pity (Frf 16) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 21 [1871].middle cols. even pp. 40-48.
  • See also Variants below.
Hrl 78
  • a1500 Chaucer Pity (Hrl 78) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 21 [1871].left cols. odd pp. 41-49.
  • See also Variants below.
Hrl 7578
  • ?a1500 Chaucer Pity (Hrl 7578) Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 60 (1880).]even pp. 252-60.
  • See also Variants below.
Lngl 258
  • a1475 Chaucer Pity (Lngl 258) Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 60 (1880).odd pp. 253-61.
  • See also Variants below.
Tan 346
  • a1450 Chaucer Pity (Tan 346) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 21 [1871].left cols. even pp. 40-48.
  • See also Variants below.
Trin-C R.3.19
  • c1500 Chaucer Pity (Trin-C R.3.19) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 21 [1871].right cols. odd pp. 41-49.
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).1186. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933).1034-35. A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 21 [1871].40-49. Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 60 (1880).252-61. More Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 77 (1886).11-15. 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.
  • a1500 (Add 34360)
  • c1475 (Bod 638)
  • a1500 (Cmb Ff.1.6)
  • c1450 (Frf 16)
  • a1500 (Hrl 78)
  • ?a1500 (Hrl 7578)
  • a1475 (Lngl 258)
  • a1450 (Tan 346)
  • c1500 (Trin-C R.3.19)

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