Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales
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The Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales is one of the earliest and most authoritative surviving manuscripts of Geoffrey Chaucer’s work, prized by scholars for its textual reliability and insight into the poem’s original form.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Canterbury Tales manuscript
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literary manuscript ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| approximateFolioCount | about 250 folios ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale
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Clerk’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Cook’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Franklin’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Friar’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ General Prologue NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Man of Law’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Manciple’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Merchant’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Miller’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Monk’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Nun’s Priest’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Pardoner’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Parson’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Physician’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Prioress’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Reeve’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Nun’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Shipman’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Squire’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Summoner’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ Tale of Melibee NERFINISHED ⓘ Tale of Sir Thopas NERFINISHED ⓘ Wife of Bath’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Peniarth Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| currentCity | Aberystwyth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | National Library of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten |
circa 1400
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late 14th century ⓘ |
| decoration | relatively plain compared to the Ellesmere Manuscript ⓘ |
| formerOwner | Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importanceInChaucerStudies |
used to compare variant readings among Canterbury Tales manuscripts
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used to reconstruct the order of the tales ⓘ used to study scribal practices in late medieval England ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hengwrt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimPortraits | contains limited or no elaborate pilgrim portrait illustrations ⓘ |
| relationToEllesmere |
considered an earlier and less polished counterpart to the Ellesmere Manuscript
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textually close to the Ellesmere Manuscript GENERATED ⓘ |
| scholarlyReputation |
central to modern critical editions of The Canterbury Tales
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prized for textual reliability ⓘ valued for insight into Chaucer’s original wording ⓘ |
| script | Anglicana script ⓘ |
| shelfmark | Peniarth 392D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textualStatus |
key witness for the text of The Canterbury Tales
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one of the earliest surviving manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ one of the most authoritative manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| workContained | The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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