'Chaucer's Scribe,' Adam and the Hengwrt Project

Author / Editor
Mosser, Daniel W.

Title
'Chaucer's Scribe,' Adam and the Hengwrt Project

Published
Margaret Connolly and Linne R. Mooney, eds. Design and Distribution of Late Medieval Manuscripts in England (York: York Medieval Press, 2008), pp. 11-40.

Description
Considers whether the Hengwrt manuscript (Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS Peniarth 392D) of CT was produced during Chaucer's lifetime. Mosser finds conflicting evidence of authorial involvement among corrections to the text, particularly in regard to ordering of the tales.

Alternative Title
Design and Distribution of Late Medieval Manuscripts in England

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies