The Language of the Hengwrt Manuscript

Author / Editor
Horobin, Simon.

Title
The Language of the Hengwrt Manuscript

Published
Estelle Stubbs, ed. The Hengwrt Chaucer Digital Facsimile (Leicester: Scholarly Digital Editions, 2000)

Description
Focuses on spelling in the Hengwrt manuscript (Hg) in light of the development of London English (from Type II to III), especially in comparison with spelling in the Ellesmere manuscript (El). Though the two manuscripts are closely related, Hg shows greater variation than El and is closer to Chaucer's own habits. El reduced early forms of "though" and increased the northernisms of RvT.

Contributor
Stubbs, Estelle,ed.

Alternative Title
Hengwrt Chaucer Digital Facsimile.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.
Language and Word Studies.
Reeve and His Tale.
Canterbury Tales--General.