Piers the Plowman

Description

Title: Piers the Plowman
Creator: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Published / Created: [ca. 1550]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of the text of the B version of Piers Plowman
Description: Autograph of Bolton? Wansell on last leaf.
Laid in: Dr. Thompsons and Mr. Bassets Letters to Mr. Dodwell concerning the Essay for Catholick Peace. Manuscript on paper, 8 l., circa 1709.
In Middle English.
Layout: single columns of roughly 40 lines.
Script: English secretary hand.
Binding: parchment over pasteboards.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Sion College (MS Arc. L.40 2/E). Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 91 leaves : 260 mm x 200 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Subject (Topic): English literature
English poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
Subjects: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
England > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Sion College. Library > Ownership

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Citation: William Langland, Piers the Plowman (Takamiya MS 23). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.