Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, containing four of the Canterbury tales: the Clerk's tale; the Wife of Bath's tale; the Friar's tale; and the Summoner's tale
Alternative Title:
Sion College Chaucer
Description:
In Middle English., Annotated on f. 78 with the names "William Cooke" and "Morris Barckley.", Layout: single columns of 24 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: six initials in red., Library stamp: Sion College., Binding: twenty-first-century conservation binding., and Earlier binding: eighteenth-century full paneled calf, gilt (stored in box 2)
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., and Binding: parchment over pasteboards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
