From French 'Fabliau Manuscripts' and MS Harley 2253 to the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Revard, Carter.

Title
From French 'Fabliau Manuscripts' and MS Harley 2253 to the Decameron and the Canterbury Tales

Published
Medium Ævum 69: 261-78, 2000.

Description
Examines the contents and provenance of MS Digby 86 (Bodleian); MS Harley 2253 (British Library); MSS fr. 837 and 19182 (Bibliothque Nationale); and Carmina Burana MS (Munich), Bayerische Staatsbibliothek CLM 4460 and 4460a. The literary techniques displayed in these manuscripts anticipate the Decameron and The Canterbury Tales.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.