Ellesmere Chaucer manuscript

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ellesmere_Chaucer_manuscript
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Henry_E._Huntington
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1917
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ellesmere_Manuscript
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkbp:catalogueNumber EL 26 C 9
gptkbp:containsWorkBy gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateCreated early 15th century
gptkbp:decoratedWith unknown illuminators
gptkbp:digitizedBy gptkb:Huntington_Digital_Library
gptkbp:dimensions 390 x 284 mm
gptkbp:features miniatures
marginalia
decorated initials
gptkbp:language gptkb:Middle_English
gptkbp:leafType 240
gptkbp:location gptkb:San_Marino
gptkb:Huntington_Library
gptkbp:material parchment
gptkbp:notableFor illuminated portraits of pilgrims
high textual quality
gptkbp:previousOwner gptkb:Earl_of_Ellesmere
gptkb:Egerton_family
gptkbp:script gptkb:Anglicana
gptkbp:textualSignificance key witness for The Canterbury Tales textual tradition
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Huntington_Library_collections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ellesmere Chaucer manuscript