Manuscript Description London, British Library MS Arundel 140 | |
| MS Appellation: | Ar (Manly and Rickert) |
| Title: | Tale of Melibeus |
| Author: | Chaucer and Mandeville |
| Contents: | Part 1; a separate miscellany before being bound together; contains Mandeville's Travels. Part 2; Tale of Melibeus; probably an unbound booklet before bound with part 1. |
| 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: | Lincs |
| No of Folios: | Chaucer; 166-181 |
| Quiring: | All the leaves have been remounted. |
| Catchwords: | No catchwords in Melibeus. |
| Page Size: | 276 x 207 |
| Frame: | Brown probably crayon ruled to define left margin and top border. |
| Writing Space: | 225 x 137 |
| Other Names (not owners): | On f78r is 'Elizabeth Ayeloff'. The name 'John Hill' occurs on f156r. |
| Miscellaneous Info: | Totally unadorned; nothing apart from ink on paper. |
| Further Information: | 'Ex dono Henr. Howard Norfolciensis' on first folio of Mandeville's Travels. Manly and Rickert vol. I, 52-54. Seymour vol. I, 137. |