Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales

E951576

illuminated manuscript literary manuscript medieval manuscript

The Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales is a richly illuminated early 15th-century deluxe manuscript and one of the most important and authoritative sources for Geoffrey Chaucer’s Middle English masterpiece.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ellesmere Chaucer manuscript	1
Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales canonical	1
The Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	illuminated manuscript ⓘ literary manuscript ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ellesmere Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 1400–1410 ⓘ
collection	Huntington Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsWork	The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
date	early 15th century ⓘ
feature	carefully planned layout ⓘ decorated borders ⓘ miniature portraits of pilgrims ⓘ ornamental initials ⓘ pilgrim portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Clerk ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Franklin ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Host ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Knight ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Merchant ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Miller ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Nun’s Priest ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Pardoner ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Prioress ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Squire ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Summoner ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Wife of Bath ⓘ rich illumination ⓘ
hasSignificance	important document of early 15th-century English literary culture ⓘ important example of English book illumination ⓘ key source for editors of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ major witness for ordering of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
isComparedWith	Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
isConsidered	authoritative text witness of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ deluxe presentation copy ⓘ
isSourceFor	text of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
language	Middle English ⓘ
location	San Marino, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	parchment ⓘ
namedAfter	Earl of Ellesmere NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatesFrom	Ellesmere family collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
script	Anglicana ⓘ
shelfmark	Huntington Library MS EL 26 C 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	codicological analysis ⓘ facsimile editions ⓘ scholarly studies on Chaucerian textual tradition ⓘ
title	Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
workOf	Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Knight's Tale → includedInManuscript → Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ

The Franklin's Tale → workIn → Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales

Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens → notableWorkInCollection → Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ellesmere Chaucer manuscript