Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS c/221
Title
Collation by W. W. Greg of Chaucer's ‘Knight's Tale’, lines 1-116
Date(s)
- 1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (22 x 15 cm), containing 116 leaves, with a loose sheet inserted between pp. 204 and 205 and three loose sheets inserted inside the back cover. Quarter-bound in leather and grey paper.
Context area
Name of creator
(1875-1959)
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
(The handwritten title on the front cover is, ‘Chaucer | The Knight's Tale | Collation of ll. 1-116 | [printed heraldic design] | W. W. Greg’. The printed design included the date ‘1920’, which was altered by Greg to ‘1922’.)
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Paginated 27-258. The last two page-numbers are archival additions; the rest are printed.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
NOTE Removed for conservation, 4 July 2019. Not currently available for consultation.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
A postcard has been removed from this volume and catalogued as GREG 1/72.