The Book of the Tales of Canterbury: the General Prologue

Responsibility

Barbara Bordalejo, Peter Robinson · the Canterbury Tales Project

Lexical statistics

334246 running words · 15820 distinct forms · type-token ratio 0.0473

Witnesses

Edition	Edited text
Ad1	London, British Library, Additional MS 5140
Ad3	London, British Library, Additional MS 35286
Ad4	London, British Library, Additional MS 10340
Bo1	Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 414
Bo2	Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 686
Bw	Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Barlow 20
Ch	Oxford, Christ Church MS. 152
Cn	Austin, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center HRC Pre-1700 MS 143
Cp	Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS 198
Cx1	London, British Library 167.c.26, IB. 55009 (the Royal Copy)
Cx2	London, British Library G.11586, IB. 55094 (the Grenville Copy)
Dd	Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Dd.4.24
Dl	New Haven, Beinecke Library Takamiya Deposit, MS 32
Do	Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce d.4
Ds1	New Haven, Beinecke Library Takamiya Deposit, MS 24
El	San Marino, Huntington Library El 26 C 9
En1	London, British Library Egerton MS 2726
En3	London, British Library Egerton MS 2864
Fi	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum McLean MS 181
Gg	Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Gg.4.27
Gl	Glasgow, University of Glasgow, Hunterian Library MS 197
Ha2	London, British Library Harley MS 1758
Ha3	London, British Library Harley MS 7333
Ha4	London, British Library Harley MS 7344
Hg	Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales Peniarth 392 D
Ht	Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton donat. 1
Ii	Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Ii.3.26
La	London, British Library Lansdowne MS 851
Lc	Staffordshire, Lichfield Cathedral Library MS 29 (olim MS 2)
Ld1	Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 600
Ld2	Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 739
Ln	Lincoln, Cathedral Library MS 110=A.4.18
Ma	Manchester, John Rylands Library English MS 113
Mg	New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS 249
Mm	Cambridge, Cambridge University Library MS Mm.2.5
Ne	Oxford, Bodleian Library, New College MS 314
Nl	Alnwick, Northumberland, Alnwick Castle, Duke of Northumberland MS 455
Ph2	Geneva (Coligny), Foundation Martin Bodmer Cod. Bodmer 48
Pn	Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 218 (Richard Pynson)
Ps	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale Fonds anglais MS 39
Pw	Sussex, Petworth House Leconfield MS 7
Py	London, Royal College of Physicians MS 388
Ra2	Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Rawlinson poet. 149
Ra3	Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Rawlinson poet. 223
Ry1	London, British Library Royal MS 17.d.xv
Ry2	London, British Library Royal MS 18.c.ii
Se	Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Arch. Selden. B. 14
Sl1	London, British Library Sloane MS 1685
Sl2	London, British Library Sloane MS 1686
Tc1	Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.3
Tc2	Cambridge, Trinity College MS R.3.15e
To1	Oxford, Bodleian Library, Trinity College MS 49
Wy	London, British Library G.11587 (1)=IB.55210 (Wynkyn de Worde)

Agreement between witnesses

Edition · Hg		3501
Cx2 · Wy		3459
Lc · Mg		3457
Cx2 · Pn		3446
El · Hg		3427
Ad1 · En3		3422
Edition · El		3411
Ch · Hg		3407
Pw · Ry2		3406
Ha2 · Mg		3404
Pn · Wy		3391
Ch · Edition		3387

How often two witnesses carry the same reading. Evidence for a stemma, which remains the editor’s argument.

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