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Eighteenth-Century Ownership of Two Chaucer Manuscripts

Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title:Notes & Queries Publication Type:Journal Article Authors:Cowen,Janet M.
Editors: Publisher: Place of Publication: Publication Date:1981 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume:28 Issue:5 Start Page:392 End Page:394 Abstract:Attributed ownership of British Library manuscript Additional 12,524, containing Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Legend of Good Women' lines (1,640-2,723) and 'The Tale of Guiscardo and Ghismonda' to Samuel Smith, Ralph Thoresby, and Horace Walpole; attributes ownership of British Library manuscript Additional 9,832, containing 'Legend of Good Women' (lines 1-1,985) to Morell Thurston and Joseph Haselwood.
Descriptors/Keywords:Ownership
Manuscripts
Great Britain
Chaucer, Geoffrey
ISBN:00293970 URL:http://search.ebscohost.com.cyber.usask.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hia&AN=H001247411.01&loginpage=Login.asp&site=ehost-live
Documents in Print Item: No Documents Listed in Print Item Attached People: Subject of/in a document - Thoresby, Ralph (1658-1725)
Subject of/in a document - Walpole, Horace (1678-1757)
Mentioned or referenced by - Smith, Samuel (-1709)
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