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MED Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson) 252-255
Geoffrey Chaucer, Book of the Duchess [Chaucer BD] Bibliographical References: IMEV 1306; Wells 16.9. Manuscript, print, and LALME references: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. 638 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Fairfax 16 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 346 Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited: * The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987). * A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, CS 1st ser. 21 [1871]. * The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933). * Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, CS 1st ser. 60 (1880). MED title stencils and sources: Benson-Robinson (critical eds. based on Frf 16) * c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson) :: The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987). 330-46. Note: In A-S (?and some early parts of T-) quoted from The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933). 316-29. Bod 638 * c1475 Chaucer BD (Bod 638) :: Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, CS 1st ser. 60 (1880). 215-50. * See also Variants below. Frf 16 * c1450 Chaucer BD (Frf 16) :: A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, CS 1st ser. 21 [1871]. middle cols. pp. 1-38. * See also Variants below. Tan 346 * a1450 Chaucer BD (Tan 346) :: A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, CS 1st ser. 21 [1871]. right cols. pp. 1-38. * See also Variants below. Variants taken from: * The Riverside Chaucer, 3rd ed., ed. L. D. Benson (1987). 1136-38.The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [also published as The Poetical Works of Chaucer], ed. F. N. Robinson (1933). 1015-16.A Parallel-Text Edition of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 1, CS 1st ser. 21 [1871]. 1-38.Odd Texts of Chaucer's Minor Poems, ed. F. J. Furnivall, part 2, CS 1st ser. 60 (1880). 215-50. [Editions are listed here roughly in the order in which they should be consulted by users seeking to identify the source of a variant reading cited by the MED: critical editions, followed by parallel-text editions, single-manuscript editions, and excerpts.] c1475 (Bod 638) c1450 (Frf 16) a1450 (Tan 346)