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Adam Pinkhurst Adam Pinkhurst; Hand BAdrian FortescueAntiquaries 134 Scribe Antiquaries 134 scribe or 'Cornhill'Astrolabe scribe Beryn scribeBeryn Scribe and Brut CorrectorCUL Gg. 4.27 ScribeDe Regimine ScribeDelamere Scribe DeltaDevonshire scribe, TCC R.3.3 scribe or slanted hooked 'g' scribeDouble-v ScribeEdmund-Fremund ScribeEgerton 2658 scribeEgerton 2863 ScribeEgerton 2864 scribe Equatorie scribeExeter College 129 ScribeFitzwilliam 181 scribeGeoffrey Spirling Gower Scribe IIGower Scribe IIIHammond ScribeHand 1Hand 2Hand 3
Hand 4Hand AHand B Hand CHand C of TCC R.3.19Hand DHarley 7335 Scribe Hatton 2 scribeHerun?HM 144 ScribeHoccleveHooked G ScribeHuntingdonshire ScribeIohannes HunteJames GrayeJohannes CokJohn BrodeJohn CarpenterJohn DuxworthJohn Marchaunt or Scribe DJohn Newton John ShirleyKeio 10 scribeKnighthood and Battle ScribeLewestonLichfield Scribe Lyty?MoreMorganus Scribe
Nicholaus plenus amorisNorwich ScribeNotehurst-NuthurstPetworth Scribe Polychronicon ScribeR. FryeRicardus FranciscusRichard FramptonRichard OsbarnRobert Bale / BaileRoger Motram?Romances Scribe/BaggeheyRylands English 63 ScribeSelden ScribeStephen DodeshamStyle?Thomas DankastreThomas HoccleveThomas Hoccleve; Hand ETrevisa-Gower ScribeTrinity Anthologies scribe UnknownUpright hooked g ScribeWilliam Cotson de Dunstaple canonicusWinchester ScribeWorcestershire Piers Plowman scribe?Wytton
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Alnwick, Northumberland, Alnwick Castle, Collection of the Duke of Northumberland MS 455Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.12.51, part 1Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.3.53, Part 2Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.4.24Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Gg.4.27Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ii. 3.21, part 1Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ii.1.38, part 1Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ii.3.26Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Kk. 1.3, pt.20 (XX)Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Mm.2.5Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 424 Part 4Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 61Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum MS McClean 181Cambridge, Pembroke College MS 215Cambridge, St John's College MS E. 2 (105)Cambridge, St. John's College MS L.1 (235)Cambridge, Trinity College MS R. 3. 3 (532)Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.15.18, Part 1 (941)Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.15 (595)England, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, Devonshire MSS, Canterbury Tales fragmentEngland, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield House, Cecil Papers, Box S. 1.England, Lichfield, Lichfield Cathedral Library MS 29England, Longleat House, Marquess of Bath MS 29, part 2England, Manchester, John Rylands Library MS Eng. 113England, Manchester, John Rylands Library MS Eng. 63England, Petworth, Petworth House, The National Trust MS 7England, Salisbury, Salisbury Cathedral Library MS 113Europe, Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale MS 4862-9Europe, Cologny, Switzerland, Fondation Martin Bodmer MS 48Europe, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale MS Fonds Anglais 39Holkham, Norfolk, Holkham Hall, Collection of the Earl of Leicester MS 667Lincoln, Lincoln Cathedral Library MS A.4.18 (110)London, British Library MS Additional 10340London, British Library MS Additional 12044London, British Library MS Additional 12524London, British Library MS Additional 23002London, British Library MS Additional 25718London, British Library MS Additional 28617London, British Library MS Additional 29250
London, British Library MS Additional 35286London, British Library MS Additional 9832London, British Library MS Egerton 2622 London, British Library MS Egerton 2726 London, British Library MS Egerton 2863London, British Library MS Harley 1239London, British Library MS Harley 1704 part 2London, British Library MS Harley 1758London, British Library MS Harley 2280London, British Library MS Harley 2392London, British Library MS Harley 2421London, British Library MS Harley 3943London, British Library MS Harley 4912London, British Library MS Harley 5908London, British Library MS Harley 7334London, British Library MS Harley 7335London, British Library MS Lansdowne 851London, British Library MS Royal 17 D.XV part 1London, British Library MS Royal 18 C.IILondon, British Library MS Sloane 1009 part 1London, British Library MS Sloane 1685London, British Library MS Sloane 1686London, British Library MS Sloane 314London, Institution of Engineering and Technology Library, MS Thompson 1London, Royal College of Physicians MS 388Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Arch. Selden B.14Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 360, part VOxford, Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 391, Part VIOxford, Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 393, part IOxford, Bodleian Library MS Barlow 20Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 414Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 619Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 68, Part IOxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 797, part IIIOxford, Bodleian Library MS Digby 72, part IIOxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce d.4Oxford, Bodleian Library MS e Musaeo 116, Part IOxford, Bodleian Library MS e. Musaeo 54Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Hatton Donat. 1
Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 416Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 600Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 739Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson D.3Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson D.913, Part 9Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 141Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 149Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 163Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 223Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Selden supra 56Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 45 Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS 198Oxford, New College MS 314Oxford, Trinity College MS Arch. 49Scotland, Aberdeen, Aberdeen University Library MS 123Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 197 (U.1.1)Scotland, Glasgow, Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 409 (V.3.7)Tokyo, Takamiya Collection MS 22Tokyo, Takamiya Collection MS 24Tokyo, Takamiya Collection MS 9USA, Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, The Harry Ransom Center, pre-1700 MS 46 (Phillipps 6570, Ph1)USA, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library MS Eng. 920USA, Chicago, University of Chicago, Regenstein Library MS 564USA, Columbia, MO, University of Missouri MS Fragmenta Manuscripta 150USA, manuscript in private ownershipUSA, New York, NY, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Plimpton 253USA, New York, NY, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Plimpton 254USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 249USA, New York, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 817USA, Philadelphia, PA, Rosenbach Museum & Library MS 1084/1USA, Philadelphia, PA, Rosenbach Museum & Library MS 1084/2USA, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections MS 100USA, San Marino, CA, Henry E. Huntington Library MS El 26 C.9Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS 21972DWales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 359B part 7Wales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 392DWales, Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales MS Peniarth 393D
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Late Medieval English Scribes is an online catalogue of all scribal hands (identified or unidentified) which appear in the manuscripts of the English writings of five major Middle English authors: Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, John Trevisa, William Langland and Thomas Hoccleve.The easiest place to start is to click on the link "Manuscripts" in the menubar above and begin navigating your way to a particular library.
422 manuscript descriptions
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528 scribal profiles
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