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. |