Research Projects

Your assignments for collaborative research on the manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales are listed below. Each two-member team is responsible for researching topics related to four of the most fully preserved manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales. Each person, however, must submit individual research reports on the days they are due.

Your final research report, combining your first and second reports and developing from them, is due no later than 30 April 2002, the date of our scheduled final exam.

Manuscripts

(Click on any person's name below to read their report on the assigned manuscripts.)

First round of research reports (due 28 February 2002):

[Angela Burke and Rhonda Childress]
- Ad1 Additional 5140, British Library
- Ad2 Additional 25718, British Library
[Eric Cline and Bobby DiPasquale]
- Ad3 Additional 35286, British Library (formerly Ashburnham 125)
- Bo1 Bodley 414 (SC 27880), Bodleian Library, Oxford
[Unassigned]
- Bo2 Bodley 686 (SC 2527), Bodleian Library, Oxford
- Bw Barlow 20 (SC 6475), Bodleian Library, Oxford
[Tasha Harris and Adam Wyrick]
- Ch Christ Church 152, Oxford
- *Cp Corpus Christi College 198, Oxford
[Darren Hunter]
- *Dd Dd.iv.24, University Library, Cambridge (perhaps formerly Hodley or Hoadley)
- Dl formerly the Delamere MS, now Takamiya MS 32, Tokyo
[Kara Jackson-Leavell and Mark Jones]
- Ds1 formerly the Devonshire MS, now Takamiya MS 24, Tokyo
- *El Ellesmere 26C.9, formerly Lord Ellesmere's, now Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
[Sarah Knopf and Angel Lee]
- En1 Egerton 2726, British Library (formerly the Norton, later a Hodson MS)
- En2 Egerton 2863, British Library (formerly the Norton, later a Hodson MS)
[Summer Perry and Michael Porter]
- En3 Egerton 2864, British Library (formerly the Norton, later a Hodson MS)
- Fi McClean 181, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (formerly Ashburnham 127)
[Chad Reed and James Reid]
- *Gg Gg.iv.27 (1), University Library, Cambridge
- Gl Hunterian Museum U.1.1. (197), University Library, Glasgow
[Stacia Sanders and Erica Shadd]
- Ha2 Harley 1758, British Library
- Ha3 Harley 7333, British Library
[Deborah Stacy and Adam Stephens]
- *Ha4 Harley 7334, British Library
- Ha5 Harley 7335, British Library
[Jessie Summers and Kevin Swikert]
- He formerly Tollemache MS, Helmingham Hall, Suff.; now Princeton University Library MS 100
- *Hg Hengwrt 154 (Peniarth 392D) National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
[Jocelyn Taylor and Ben Thompson]
- Hk Holkham Hall MS 667, property of the Earl of Leicester, Wells-next-Sea, Nflk.
- Ht Hatton donat. 1 (SC 4138), Bodleian Library, Oxford
[Stephen Tippett]
- Ii Ii.iii.26, University Library, Cambridge
- *La Lansdowne 851, British Library

Second round of research reports (due 28 March 2002):

[Angela Burke and Rhonda Childress]
- Lc Lichfield Cathedral 2
- Ld1 Laud misc. 600, Bodleian Library, Oxford
[Eric Cline and Bobby DiPasquale]
- Ld2 Laud misc. 739, Bodleian Library, Oxford
- Ln Lincoln Cathedral 110
[Unassigned]
- Ma English 113, John Rylands Library, Manchester (formerly Hodson 39)
- Mc Sir William S. McCormick's MS, University of Chicago Regenstein Library 564 (formerly Ashburnham 126)
[Tasha Harris and Adam Wyrick]
- Mg Pierpont Morgan Library M249, New York (formerly Ashburnham 124). The last leaf contains an additional fragment of the Pardoner's Tale.
- Mm Mm.ii.5, University Library, Cambridge (formerly Ely)
[Unassigned]
- Ne New College, Oxford
- Nl Northumberland MS 455, property of the Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle
[Kara Jackson-Leavell and Mark Jones]
- Ph2 Phillipps 8136, formerly Canby, then property of A. S. W. Rosenbach Co., New York; now Foundation Bodmer, cod. 48, Cologny near Geneva
- Ph3 Phillipps 8137, property of the Rosenbach Foundation MS f. 1084/1, Philadelphia
[Sarah Knopf and Angel Lee]
- Ps Fonds anglais 39, Bibliotèque Nationale, Paris
- *Pw Petworth House MS 7, property of Lord Leconfield, Petworth, Sussex
[Summer Perry and Michael Porter]
- Py Royal College of Physicians 388, London
- Ra1 Rawlinson poet. 141, Bodleian Library, Oxford
[Chad Reed and James Reid]
- Ra2 Rawlinson poet. 149, Bodleian Library, Oxford
- Ra3 Rawlinson poet. 223, Bodleian Library, Oxford
[Stacia Sanders and Erica Shadd]
- Ry1 Royal 17 D.xv, British Library
- Ry2 Royal 18 C.ii, British Library
[Deborah Stacy and Adam Stephens]
- Se Arch. Selden B.14 (SC 3360), Bodleian Library, Oxford
- Si formerly Sion College, London, Arch. L.40.2/E.23; now Takamiya MS 22, Tokyo
[Jessie Summers and Kevin Swikert]
- Sl1 Sloane 1685, British Library
- Sl2 Sloane 1686, British Library
[Jocelyn Taylor and Ben Thompson]
- Tc1 Trinity College R.3.3 (582), Cambridge
- Sl2 Trinity College R.3.15 (595), Cambridge
[Stephen Tippett]
- To Trinity College Arch. 49, Oxford

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Depending on how they relate to your assigned manuscripts, you may or may not want to take into account some of the following fragments in your final report.

  1. Ad4 Additional 10340, British Library (a fragment, I. 478-528, quoted from memory)
  2. Ar Arundel 140, British Library (Melibee only)
  3. Cn Cardigan MS, formerly the property of the Brudenell estate, Deene Park, Nhants.; now University of Texas 143, Austin
  4. Ct Chetham's Library 6709, Manchester
  5. Do Douce d.4, Bodleian Library (a single leaf, containing I.298-368).
  6. Ds2 Devonshire Fragment, property of the Duke of Devonshire (two folios from the MLT); not sold in the same sale as Ds1 above.
  7. Ee Ee.ii.15, University Library, Cambridge (MLT only)
  8. Ha1 Harley 1239, British Library (five tales)
  9. Hl1 Harley 1704, British Library (Prioress's Tale only)
  10. Hl2 Harley 2251, British Library (Prioress's Tale only)
  11. Hl3 Harley 2382, British Library (Prioress's Tale and the Second Nun's Tale)
  12. Hl4 Harley 5908, British Library (a single leaf containing IV.808-91)
  13. Hn Huntington HM 144, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. (formerly Huth; Melibee and the Monk's Tale only)
  14. Kk Kk.i.3 (20), University Library, Cambridge (a single leaf containing VII.460-529)
  15. Ll1 Longleat 257, property of the Marquess of Bath (Knight's Tale and Clerk's Tale)
  16. Ll2 Longleat 29, property of the Marquess of Bath (Parson's Tale only)
  17. Me Merthyr, formerly property of the Rev. L. C. Simons, Merthyr Mawr, Wales, and a National Library of Wales deposit; after resale (Bonham's, London, 16 Nov. 1983, Lot 13), again National Library, MS 21972D (three folios from the Nun's Priest's Tale)
  18. Np Royal Library XIII.B.29, Naples (The Clerk's Tale only)
  19. Ox1 English 63, John Rylands Library, Manchester (two folios from The Miller's Tale, part of next)
  20. Ox2 Oxford MS, property of the Rosenbach Foundation MS f. 1084/2, Philadelphia (eleven folios [of what?])
  21. Ph1 Phillipps 6570, formerly property of A. S. W. Rosenbach Co., New York; later property of Louis H. Silver, Chicago; now University of Texas Library 46, Austin (24 folios [?])
  22. Ph4 Phillipps 8299, now Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. (The Clerk's Tale only)
  23. Pl Plimpton MS 253, formerly property of George A. Plimpton, now Columbia University Library, New York (formerly Phillipps 9970; a single bifolium containing fragments from IV and V)
  24. Pp Pepys 2006, Magdalene College, Cambridge (Melibee and The Parson's Tale)
  25. Ra4 Rawlinson C.86, Bodleian Library, Oxford (parts of the Prioress's Tale and the Clerk's Tale)
  26. Sl3 Sloane 1009, British Library (Melibee only)
  27. St Stonyhurst College B. xxiii, Whalley, Lancs. (Melibee only)
  28. Sl2 Trinity College R.3.19 (599), Cambridge (The Monk's Tale only)