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[The Canterbury tales].

1400-1500

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One of approximately 84 extant manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's poem about pilgrims traveling to Canterbury exchanging tales along the way. This MS has the order of tales A B1 Fa Eb D Ea Fb Ga C B2cdef H I.
Collection
Part of Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
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Call Number
Princeton MS. 100
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Publisher
[London, England] ; [between 1400 and 1500]
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Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Princeton MS. 100
Language
Middle English
Subject
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages—England—Canterbury—Poetry
English poetry—Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, English (Middle)—New Jersey—Princeton
Poetry
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Parchment (Paper)
Wooden boards
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