1. Sloane MS 261
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 261
- Title:
- Geoffrey Chaucer, 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', revised by Walter Stevins
- Scope & Content:
- This manuscript contains a revised version of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Treatise on the Astrolabe', undertaken by an otherwise unknown editor called Walter Stevins, and dedicated by him to Edward Courtenay (b. c. 1527, d. 1556), 1st Earl of Devon. The volume can be dated between 1553, the year Courten...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1553-1556
- Extent:
- 1 volume
