Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ellesmere_manuscript_of_Chaucer's_Canterbury_Tales
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Henry_Huntington
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1917
gptkbp:authorOfContainedWork gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkbp:catalogueNumber EL 26 C 9
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Manly_and_Rickert,_The_Text_of_the_Canterbury_Tales
gptkbp:containsWorkBy gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateCreated early 15th century
gptkbp:decorations illuminated initials
miniature portraits
gptkbp:digitalCopyAvailableAt gptkb:Huntington_Digital_Library
gptkbp:dimensions 390 x 284 mm
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
gptkbp:language gptkb:Middle_English
gptkbp:leafType 232
gptkbp:location gptkb:San_Marino
gptkb:Huntington_Library
gptkbp:material parchment
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Earl_of_Ellesmere
gptkbp:notableFor illuminated miniatures of pilgrims
early and authoritative text of The Canterbury Tales
gptkbp:previousOwner gptkb:Earl_of_Ellesmere
gptkb:Egerton_family
gptkbp:scribe Adam Pinkhurst (attributed)
gptkbp:script gptkb:Anglicana
gptkbp:title gptkb:Ellesmere_Chaucer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Huntington_Library
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5