Piers the Plowman.

Description

Title: Piers the Plowman.
Creator: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?
Published / Created: [ca. 1550]
Publication Place: [England],
Abstract: Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of the text of the B version of Piers Plowman.
Description: Autograph of Bolton? Wansell on last leaf.
Binding: parchment over pasteboards.
Formerly owned by Sion College (MS Arc. L.40 2/E). From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Laid in: Dr. Thompsons and Mr. Bassets Letters to Mr. Dodwell concerning the Essay for Catholick Peace. Manuscript on paper, 8 l., circa 1709.
Layout: single columns of roughly 40 lines.
Script: English secretary hand.
Extent: 91 l. : paper ; 260 x 200 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval--England--16th century.
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Langland, William,--1330?-1400?
Langland, William,--1330?-1400?--Piers Plowman--(B-text)
Subject (Topic): English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500.
English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500.
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Narrative poetry, English (Middle)

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Citation: A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De Graff, 2010, pp. 421-437.
William Langland, Piers the Plowman. Takamiya MS 23.