ENGLISH LITERATURE: Rotographs of a manuscript at Welbeck Abbey, containing the anonymous play 'Hengist King of Kent or the Mayor of Quinborough', n.d., with two pages of notes on the play by the donor.
CALLIGRAPHY: Rotographs of Oxford, Bodl. Lib., MS. Rawlinson D. 1006, ff. 1-24b, containing specimens of penmanship by the writing-master, Peter Bales (d. ?1610). Bound in at the beginning of the volume is a typewritten description of the MS. Another copy is MS. Facs. 278.
ENGLISH LITERARY HISTORY: Photographs of seventeen letters from John Donne, the poet, 2 Feb. 1602-22 June 1629, together with a letter from Christopher Bruke, 25 Feb. 1601, and a copy of the decree of the Ecclesiastical Court of Canterbury, 27 April 1602, relating to Donne's marriage. The MSS. w...
(1) Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales': Rotograph of Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 5140 given the symbol ‘Ad1’ by Professors J. M. Manly and Edith Rickert in their work The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 1940
Rotographs of manuscripts of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', collected by Professors J. M. Manly and Edith Rickert for their work The Text of the Canterbury Tales
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Rotographs of manuscripts of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', collected by Professors J. M. Manly and Edith Rickert for their work The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 1940, in which an account of the history of the collection is given in vol. i, pp. 1-9. Presented by the University of Chicago. The MS...
(2) Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales': Rotograph of Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 25718 given the symbol ‘Ad2’ by Professors J. M. Manly and Edith Rickert in their work The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 1940.
(3) Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales': Rotograph of Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 35286 given the symbol ‘Ad3’ by Professors J. M. Manly and Edith Rickert in their work The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 1940.
(5) Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales': Rotograph of Brit. Mus. Arundel MS. 140 given the symbol ‘Ar’ by Professors J. M. Manly and Edith Rickert in their work The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 1940.
(6) Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales': Rotograph of Oxford, Bodl. Lib., MS. Barlow 20 given the symbol ‘Bw’ by Professors J. M. Manly and Edith Rickert in their work The Text of the Canterbury Tales, 1940.