Ellesmere Chaucer Manuscript

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ellesmere_Chaucer_Manuscript
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Henry_Huntington
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ellesmere_Manuscript
gptkbp:authorDepicted gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkbp:catalogueNumber EL 26 C 9
gptkbp:containsWorkBy gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:San_Marino
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Huntington_Library
gptkbp:dateCreated early 15th century
gptkbp:digitizedBy yes
gptkbp:features miniatures
marginalia
decorated initials
gptkbp:genre gptkb:manuscript
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ellesmere Chaucer Manuscript
gptkbp:language gptkb:Middle_English
gptkbp:material parchment
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Earl_of_Ellesmere
gptkbp:notableFor highly decorated borders
illuminated portraits of pilgrims
importance for textual studies of Chaucer
gptkbp:origin gptkb:England
gptkbp:pages 232
gptkbp:scribe Adam Pinkhurst (attributed)
gptkbp:script gptkb:Anglicana
gptkbp:significance one of the most important manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales
gptkbp:subject gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Hengwrt_Chaucer_Manuscript
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7