Late Medieval English Scribes

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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
528 scribal profiles
17468 images of letter forms
451 images of manuscript pages

Your randomly chosen scribe is:
Unknown from NewYork, NY, Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum MS M 818

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