The Production of Copies of the 'Canterbury Tales' and the 'Confessio Amantis' in the Early Fifteenth Century
- Author / Editor
- Doyle, A. I.,and M. B. Parkes.
The Production of Copies of the 'Canterbury Tales' and the 'Confessio Amantis' in the Early Fifteenth Century
- Published
- M. B. Parkes and Andrew G. Watson, eds. Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts & Libraries: Essays Presented to N. R. Ker (London: Scolar, 1978), pp. 163-210.
- Description
- The various works of the five scribes of Trinity College, Cambridge, MS. R.3.2, a Gower collection, suggest that the London book trade before the advent of printing relied on special orders rather than mass production. Scribes B and D produced the four earliest surviving copies of CT, each of which reflects a different external organization imposed on Chaucer's work, none having special authority.
- Contributor
- Parkes, M. B.
- Alternative Title
- Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts & Libraries: Essays Presented to N. R. Ker.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies.