Manuscript Description Tokyo, Takamiya Collection MS 32 | |
| MS Appellation: | olim Delamere; Dl, Delamere (Manly and Rickert) |
| Title: | A collection including the Canterbury Tales |
| Author: | Chaucer and Gower |
| Contents: | Canterbury Tales ff20ra-157v |
| Language: | English |
| Date Range: | 1450-1475 |
| Scribal Hands: | Examples of the hand. Click on the link above for full details and images of individual letter forms.                |
| Dialect: | LP : 5970; County : Kent |
| Material: | Parchment |
| No of Folios: | ii + 175 |
| Quiring: | 8 |
| Signatures: | Some original signatures still visible and roman numerals in centre of footer at the beginning of most quires. |
| Catchwords: | Of a possible 25 catchwords, 18 are present. |
| Page Size: | 330 x 250 |
| Frame: | Ruled |
| Writing Space: | 260 x 205 |
| Incipits and Explicits: | In ink of text in the hand of the scribe |
| Running Titles: | In ink of text in the hand of the scribe |
| Illuminated Initials: | On f108 where the Tale of Melibeus begins is a large initial with champe spray. |
| Paragraph Marks: | Blue and red before running titles, and explicits and incipits |
| Flourished Initials: | Blue initial capitals of 2 or 3 lines in height with red flourishing |
| Further Information: | Manly and Rickert I: 108-116. Seymour II: 241-245. Takamiya list in Marrow et al., The Medieval Book. |