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Piers the Plowman
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Title
Piers the Plowman.
Created
[England], [ca. 1550]
Physical Description
91 l. : paper ; 260 x 200 mm
Language
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Notes
Autograph of Bolton? Wansell on last leaf.
Laid in: Dr. Thompsons and Mr. Bassets Letters to Mr. Dodwell concerning the Essay for Catholick Peace. Manuscript on paper, 8 l., circa 1709.
Layout: single columns of roughly 40 lines.
Script: English secretary hand.
Binding: parchment over pasteboards.
In Middle English.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sion College (MS Arc. L.40 2/E). Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of the text of the B version of Piers Plowman.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 24, 2013
References
A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graff, 2010, pp. 421-437.
William Langland, Piers the Plowman (Takamiya MS 23). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
William Langland, Piers the Plowman (Takamiya MS 23). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 16th century.
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