Item 221 - Collation by W. W. Greg of Chaucer's ‘Knight's Tale’, lines 1-116

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

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’.)

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.

Allied materials area

Related units of description

A postcard has been removed from this volume and catalogued as GREG 1/72.

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