Textual Variation and the Alliterative Tradition : Canterbury Tales I.2602-2619, the D Group and Takamiya MS 32

Author / Editor
Cooper, Helen.

Title
Textual Variation and the Alliterative Tradition : Canterbury Tales I.2602-2619, the D Group and Takamiya MS 32

Published
Takami Matsuda, Richard A. Linenthal, and John Scahill, eds. The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya (Cambridge: Brewer; Tokyo: Yushodo, 2004), pp. 71-80.

Description
Examines manuscript variants in KnT 1.2616-17 in relation to Chaucer's awareness of alliterative tradition and its lexicon, suggesting that "hurtleth" is preferable to "hurteth" at 2616 and that "born" (D Group) for "hurt" at 2617 may have been influenced by the preceding line.

Alternative Title
The Medieval Book and a Modern Collector: Essays in Honour of Toshiyuki Takamiya.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale.
Manuscripts and Textual Studies