Middle English Bibliography Entry

Proverbs

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 3914
NIMEV 3914
DIMEV 6251
Wells 16.24
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Additional 10392 .
London, British Library, Additional 16165 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Fairfax 16 .
London, British Library, Harley 7578 .
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 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].
MED title stencils and sources:
Benson-Robinson (critical eds. based on Frf 16)
  • c1450(?c1390) ?Chaucer Prov. (Benson-Robinson) The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).657. 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).639.
Add 16165
  • a1456 ?Chaucer Prov. (Add 16165) A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].left col. p. 432.
  • See also Variants below.
Frf 16
  • c1450 ?Chaucer Prov. (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 col. p. 432.
  • See also Variants below.
Hrl 7578
  • ?a1500 ?Chaucer Prov. (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 col. p. 432.
  • See also Variants below.
Variants taken from:
The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987).1191. The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933).1040. 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. 199-200. A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 58 [1879].432. 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.
  • c1432 (Add 10392)
  • a1456 (Add 16165)
  • c1450 (Frf 16)
  • ?a1500 (Hrl 7578)

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