Parchment Ethics: A Statement of More Than Modest Concern

Author / Editor
Holsinger, Bruce.

Title
Parchment Ethics: A Statement of More Than Modest Concern

Published
New Medieval Literatures 12 (2010): 131-36.

Description
Reports the finds of "Dr. Lollius" who reputedly discovered, through DNA analysis of "covertly obtained slivers of parchment and vellum," that several extant Chaucer manuscript are "human skin." The pseudo-report is offered to provoke contemplation of the slaughter of animals for the purpose of preserving human culture.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies
Troilus and Criseyde