Middle English Bibliography Entry

Constitutions of Masonry (1)

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 4149, 4153
NIMEV 4149, 4153
DIMEV 6641, 6649
Manual 7.XX.233
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Royal 17.A.1 . (Pref. MS)
LALME: vol. 1. 115. LP 7550. Salop.
London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.2, pt.1 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
J. O. Halliwell, The Early History of Freemasonry in England, 2nd ed. (1844).
Early English Meals and Manners, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Early English Text Society, Original Series 32 (1868; reprint 1973).
MED title stencils and sources:
Roy 17.A.1
  • ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1) J. O. Halliwell, The Early History of Freemasonry in England, 2nd ed. (1844).12-15 (lines 1-86); 30-40 (lines 471-794). Note: Preferred edition for these pages and lines. For lines 87-470 the preferred edition is D. Knoop and G. P. Jones, The Mediaeval Mason (1933).261-269 (lines 87-470).
Clg A.2
  • c1450 Const.Masonry(1) (Clg A.2) Early English Meals and Manners, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Early English Text Society, Original Series 32 (1868; reprint 1973).262-64. Note: Re-dated from a1500 to the more precise c1450 June 2019. Hanna and Lawton (EETS 320) date the MS more precisely still to a1475.

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