Transcribing and Editing Graphetic Details in the Manuscripts of Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale'

Author / Editor
Rogos, Justyna.

Title
Transcribing and Editing Graphetic Details in the Manuscripts of Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale'

Published
Marcin Krygier and Liliana Sikorska, eds. Þe Comoun Peplis Language (Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2010), pp. 79-86.

Description
Questions the precision of transcribing manuscripts in electronic editing as undertaken for The "Canterbury Tales" Project and the Middle English Grammar Project. Uses examples from MLT to demonstrate that even graphetic transcription does not represent manuscript details precisely, especially in the cases of abbreviations and word-end flourishes.

Alternative Title
Comoun Peplis Language.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies
Man of Law and His Tale