The Ownership and Use of the Ellesmere Manuscript

Author / Editor
David, Alfred.

Title
The Ownership and Use of the Ellesmere Manuscript

Published
Martin Stevens and Daniel Woodward, eds. The Ellesmere Chaucer: Essays in Interpretation (San Marino, Calif.: Huntington Library; Tokyo: Yushodo, 1995), pp. 307-26.

Description
Traces the ownership of Ellesmere from (speculatively) Thomas Chaucer and the de Vere family to Henry E. Huntington.
Includes commentary on the relations of Ellesmere to Hengwrt and on the problematic nature of Chaucer's original "text" as it has been presented in printed editions.

Alternative Title
The Ellesmere Chaucer: Essays in Interpretation.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.
Canterbury Tales--General..