Sir James Ware, the Collecting of Middle English Manuscripts in Ireland in the Seventeenth Century, and Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Edwards, A. S. G.
Sir James Ware, the Collecting of Middle English Manuscripts in Ireland in the Seventeenth Century, and Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 46 (2011): 237-47.
- Description
- A case study of the difficulty of identifying particular manuscripts in inventories, wills, catalogues, book lists, etc., surveying the Middle English manuscripts once owned by seventeenth-century collector Sir James Ware, focusing on the items that include works by Chaucer. Tentatively suggests identification, but emphasizes uncertainties.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies