Studies in the Harley Manuscript: The Scribes, Contents, and Social Contexts of British Library MS Harley 2253 PDF
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Studies in the Harley Manuscript A scribe at work, MS Harley 273, fol. 70r (detail), a miniature pen drawing illustrating Richard de Foumival’s Bestiare d’amour. Harley 273 is one of three surviving books that contain the hand of the Harley scribe. By permission of The British Library. Studies in the Harley Manuscript The Scribes, Contents, and Social Contexts of British Library MS Harley 2253 Edited by Susanna Fein Published for TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages) in Association with the University of Rochester by Medieval Institute Publications Western Michigan university Kalamazoo, Michigan — 2000 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Studies in the Harley manuscript : the scribes, contents, and social contexts of British Library MS Harley 2253 / edited by Susanna Fein, p. cm. “Published for TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages) in association with the University of Rochester.” Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes. ISBN 1-58044-060-6 (casebound : alk. paper) -- ISBN 1-58044-061-4 (paperbound : alk. paper) 1. English literature-Middle English, 1100-1500--Criticism, Textual. 2. Latin literature, Medieval and modem-England-Criticism, Textual. 3. Literature and society-England--History--To 1500. 4. British Library. Manuscript. Harley 2253. 5. Anglo-Norman literature-Criticism, Textual. 6. Manuscripts, Medieval-England-London. 7. Scriptoria-England. 8. Transmission of texts. I. Fein, Susanna Greer. H. Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages. PR275.T45 S78 2000 809'.02~dc21 99-462126 ISBN 1-58044-060-6 (casebound) 1 -58044-061 -4 (paperbound) © Copyright 2000 by the Board of the Medieval Institute Printed and bound by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY Cover design by Linda K. Judy Dedicated to the memory of Rossell Hope Robbins This page intentionally left blank. Contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Notes on Contributors xii Note on the Presentation of Text from MS Harley 2253 xiii List of Plates, Tables, Figures, and Appendices xv Introduction British Library MS Harley 2253: The Lyrics, the Facsimile, and the Book Susanna Fein 1 Scribe and Provenance Carter Revard 21 Miscellany or Anthology? The Structure of Medieval Manuscripts: MS Harley 2253, for Example Theo Stemmier 111 An “Electric Stream”: The Religious Contents Michael P. Kuczynski 123 Authority and Resistance: The Political Verse John Scattergood 163 Historicity and Complaint in Song of the Husbandman Richard Newhauser 203 Debate Verse KarlReichl 219 Dreams and Dream Lore Helen Phillips 241 Authors, Anthologists, and Franciscan Spirituality David L. Jeffrey 261 “Frankis rimes here I redd, / Communlik in ilk[a] sted . . The French Bible Stories in Harley 2253 John J. Thompson 271 Anthologizing Ribaldry: Five Anglo-Norman Fabliaux Barbara Nolan 289 Evading Textual Intimacy: The French Secular Verse Mary Dove 329 A Saint “Geynest under Gore”: Marina and the Love Lyrics of the Seventh Quire Susanna Fein 351 Layout, Punctuation, and Stanza Patterns in the English Verse Elizabeth Solopova 377 The Language of the English Poems: The Harley Scribe and His Exemplars Frances McSparran 391 Harley 2253, Digby 86, and the Circulation of Literature in Pre-Chaucerian England Marilyn Corrie 427 Bibliography of Works Cited 445 Index of Items in MS Harley 2253 481 Index of Manuscripts 485 General Index 489
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