The Statistical Determination of Affiliation in the Landmark Manuscripts of "The Canterbury Tales"

Author / Editor
Moorman, Charles.

Title
The Statistical Determination of Affiliation in the Landmark Manuscripts of "The Canterbury Tales"

Published
Lewiston, N.Y.;
Queenston, Ontario;
Lampeter, Wales: Edwin Mellen, 1993.

Physical Description
xii, 209 pp.

Description
Statistical analyses, including charted data, of variant readings of CT in (1) a given single tale in pairs of manuscripts; and (2) paired tales in single manuscripts.
Linear and multiple correlation tests, cluster analysis, and factor analysis are applied to the manuscripts published within ten years of Chaucer's death, with Hengwrt serving as base text.
The conclusions drawn include (1) the likelihood that, late in Chaucer's lifetime, Hengwrt was produced from Chaucer's originals; (2) archetypes of extent manuscript groups were commercially produced shortly after Chaucer's death; and (3) independent manuscripts other than Hengwrt were produced by noncommercial scribes.

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