Chaucer's Spelling and the Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Horobin, Simon.

Title
Chaucer's Spelling and the Manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales

Published
Irma Taavitsainen, Terttu Nevalainen, Päivi Pahta, and Matti Rissanen, eds. Placing Middle English in Context (Berlin and New York: Gruyter, 2000), pp. 199-207.

Description
Compiles spelling variants of 'though' (thirteen manuscripts) and the verb 'work' (ten manuscripts) as they occur in CT, seeking to establish Chaucer's basic orthography and to explore scribal habits.

Alternative Title
Placing Middle English in Context.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.