Canterbury Tales: Shipman-Prioress Link, Prioress's Prologue and Tale

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External References:	IMEV 4019 NIMEV 4019 DIMEV 6414 Wells 16.64
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:	London, British Library, Additional 5140 . LALME: vol. 1. 100. Part of LP 8301. Suffolk. London, British Library, Additional 25718 . London, British Library, Additional 35286 (olim Ashburnham 125) . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barlow 20 . LALME: vol. 1. 145. "MS in one hand." Worcs. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 414 . LALME: vol. 1. 146. "MS in one hand." Norfolk. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 686 . Geneva, Bibliotheca Bodmeriana cod.48 (olim Phillipps 8136) . Oxford, Christ Church 152 . Manchester, Chetham's Library 6709 . Chicago, University Library 564 (olim Ashburnham 126) . Cambridge, University Library Dd.4.24 . Cambridge, University Library Gg.4.27, Part 1 . Cambridge, University Library Ii.3.26 . Cambridge, University Library Kk.1.3, part 20 . Cambridge, University Library Mm.2.5 (olim Ely) . LALME: vol. 1. 68. "Language apparently of N Leics. a little W of Frisby." Leics. Oxford, Corpus Christi College 198 . London, British Library, Egerton 2726 (olim Haistwell) . London, British Library, Egerton 2863 . London, British Library, Egerton 2864 (olim Ingilby) . San Marino, Huntington Library, EL 26.C.9 (Ellesmere) . LALME: vol. 1. 91. "MS in one hand." Part of LP 6400. London. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton donat. 1 . LALME: vol. 1. 149. LP 6670. Bucks. Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth 392D . LALME: vol. 1. 59. "MS in one hand." Part of LP 6400. London. Holkham Hall, Norfolk, Earl of Leicester MS 667 . London, British Library, Harley 104 . London, British Library, Harley 1758 . London, British Library, Harley 2251 . London, British Library, Harley 2382 . London, British Library, Harley 7333 . London, British Library, Harley 7334 . Glasgow, University Library, Hunterian 197 (U.1.1) . LALME: vol. 1. 88. "In the hands of Geoffrey and Thomas Sperling, of Norwich." Norfolk. Lichfield, Cathedral Library 29 (2) . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 600 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 739 . Lincoln, Cathedral Library 110 (A.4.18) . LALME: vol. 1. 98. LP 6650. Bucks. London, British Library, Lansdowne 851 . Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean 181 (olim Ashburnham 127) . New York, Pierpont Morgan Library M 249 (olim Ashburnham 124) . Oxford, New College 314 . LALME: vol. 1. 153. "Norfolk associations." Norfolk. Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, Duke of Northumberland MS 455 . Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale angl.39 . LALME: vol. 1. 154. "Language possibly of Lincs. or more southerly but with NME overlay." Lincs. NME. Petworth House, Sussex, Lord Leconfield MS 7 . London, Royal College of Physicians 388 . Princeton, University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, MS 100 (olim Helmingham Hall) . London, British Library, Royal 17.D.15 . London, British Library, Royal 18.C.2 . Philadelphia, Rosenbach Museum and Library 1084/1 (olim Phillipps 8137) . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson C.86 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson poet. (otherwise called "Rawl. F." series) 141 . LALME: vol. 1. 152. "MS in one hand." LP 237. Salop. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson poet. (otherwise called "Rawl. F." series) 149 . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson poet. (otherwise called "Rawl. F." series) 223 . Manchester, John Rylands Library, Eng 113 (olim Hodson) . Oxford, Bodleian Library, Arch. Selden. B.14 . London, British Library, Sloane 1685 . London, British Library, Sloane 1686 . Tokyo, Toshiyuki Takamiya, on permanent loan to New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Takamiya 24 (olim Chatsworth) . Tokyo, Toshiyuki Takamiya, on permanent loan to New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Takamiya 32 (olim Penrose 10, olim Delamere) . LALME: vol. 1. 161. "MS in one hand." LP 5970. Kent. Austin, Texas, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, pre-1700 MS 46 (olim Louis Silver, olim Phillipps 6570) . Austin, Texas, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, pre-1700 MS 143 (olim Cardigan) . Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.3 (582) . Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.15 (595) . Oxford, Trinity College Arch.49 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:	The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940). The Cambridge MS. Dd.4.24 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, completed by the Egerton MS. 2726, ed. F. J. Furnivall, 2 parts, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 95, 96 (1902). A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 15 [1871]. The Harleian MS 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 73 (1885).
MED title stencils and sources:	Manly-Rickert (critical edition) (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri. (Manly-Rickert) The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, pp. 126-36. Bod 686 c1435 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Bod 686) The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, fns. pp. 126-36; vol. 7, pp. 153-79. ChU 564 c1450 Chaucer CT.Pri. (ChU 564) The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, fns. pp. 126-36; vol. 7, pp. 153-79. Cmb Dd.4.24 c1410 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Cmb Dd.4.24) The Cambridge MS. Dd.4.24 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, completed by the Egerton MS. 2726, ed. F. J. Furnivall, 2 parts, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 95, 96 (1902).403-409 (lines 1664-1836). See also Variants below. Cmb Gg.4.27 c1430 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Cmb Gg.4.27) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 15 [1871].col. 3 pp. 185-89 (lines 1748-1880). See also Variants below. Corp-O 198 c1415 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Corp-O 198) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 15 [1871].col. 4 pp. 181-89. See also Variants below. Eg 2726 c1440 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Eg 2726) The Cambridge MS. Dd.4.24 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, completed by the Egerton MS. 2726, ed. F. J. Furnivall, 2 parts, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 95, 96 (1902).402-403 (lines 1625-1663), 409-10 (lines 1837-1880). See also Variants below. Eg 2864 c1470 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Eg 2864) The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, fns. pp. 126-36; vol. 7, pp. 153-79. Elsm (EL 26.C.9) c1405 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Elsm) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 15 [1871].col. 1 pp. 181-89. See also Variants below. Heng (Peniarth 392D) c1405 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Heng) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 15 [1871].col. 2 pp. 181-89. See also Variants below. Hrl 2251 c1475 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Hrl 2251) The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, fns. pp. 126-36; vol. 7, pp. 153-79. Hrl 7333 a1500 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Hrl 7333) The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, fns. pp. 126-36; vol. 7, pp. 153-79. Hrl 7334 c1410 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Hrl 7334) The Harleian MS 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 73 (1885).459-66. See also Variants below. Lnsd 851 c1415 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Lnsd 851) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 15 [1871].col. 6 pp. 181-89. See also Variants below. Petw 7 c1425 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Petw 7) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 15 [1871].col. 5 pp. 181-89. See also Variants below. Sln 1685 c1435 Chaucer CT.Pri. (Sln 1685) A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 15 [1871].col. 3 pp. 181-85 (lines 1625-1747). Note: May also be quoted from The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, fns. pp. 126-36; vol. 7, pp. 153-79.
Variants taken from:	The Text of the Canterbury Tales …, eds. J. M. Manly and E. Rickert (1940).vol. 4, fns. pp. 126-36; vol. 7, pp. 153-79. A Six-Text Print of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in Parallel Columns …, ed. F. J. Furnivall, pt. 3, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 15 [1871].181-89. The Cambridge MS. Dd.4.24 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, completed by the Egerton MS. 2726, ed. F. J. Furnivall, 2 parts, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 95, 96 (1902).402-10. The Harleian MS 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Chaucer Society Publications 1st ser. 73 (1885).459-66. Note: Editions are listed here roughly in the order in which they should be consulted by users seeking to identify the source of a variant reading cited by the MED: critical editions, followed by parallel-text editions and single-manuscript editions. c1485 (Add 5140) c1440 (Add 25718) c1440 (Add 35286) c1465 (Barl 20) c1465 (Bod 414) c1435 (Bod 686) c1460 (Bodmer cod.48) c1465 (CC 152) c1490 (Chet 6709) c1450 (ChU 564) c1410 (Cmb Dd.4.24) c1430 (Cmb Gg.4.27) c1440 (Cmb Ii.3.26) c1435 (Cmb Kk.1.3) c1455 (Cmb Mm.2.5) c1415 (Corp-O 198) c1440 (Eg 2726) c1440 (Eg 2863) c1470 (Eg 2864) c1405 (Elsm) c1455 (HatDon 1) c1405 (Heng) c1445 (Hlk 667) c1465 (Hrl 1704) c1455 (Hrl 1758) c1475 (Hrl 2251) c1485 (Hrl 2382) a1500 (Hrl 7333) c1410 (Hrl 7334) a1477 (Htrn 197) c1440 (Lchf 29) c1440 (LdMisc 600) c1480 (LdMisc 739) c1440 (Lin-C 110) c1415 (Lnsd 851) c1460 (McC 181) c1455 (Mrg M 249) c1460 (NC 314) c1460 (Nthld 455) ?a1440 (Paris angl.39) c1425 (Petw 7) c1470 (Phys-L 388) c1455 (Princ-U 100) c1460 (Roy 17.D.15) c1435 (Roy 18.C.2) c1440 (Rsnb 1084/1) c1490 (Rwl C.86) c1455 (RwlPoet 141) c1460 (RwlPoet 149) c1455 (RwlPoet 223) a1485 (Ryl Eng 113) c1460 (SeldArch B.14) c1435 (Sln 1685) c1485 (Sln 1686) c1455 (Tak 24) c1455 (Tak 32) c1460 (Tex 46) c1450 (Tex 143) c1455 (Trin-C R.3.3) c1490 (Trin-C R.3.15) c1475 (Trin-O Arch.49)