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Geoffrey Chaucer's A.B.C., called La prière de Nostre Dame : made, as some say, at the request of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, as a prayer for her private use, being a woman in her religion very devout.: PB 102-2004

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Geoffrey Chaucer's A.B.C., called La prière de Nostre Dame : made, as some say, at the request of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, as a prayer for her private use, being a woman in her religion very devout.

Maker(s)

Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
Publisher: Grabhorn-Hoyem
Printer: Grabhorn, Robert
Printer: Hoyem, Andrew

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Description

"Text is taken from the Kelmscott edition of 'The works of Geoffrey Chaucer' based on Professor Skeat's editing of the Ellesmere manuscript. The contemporary translation facing the original text was made by Dave Haselwood.".
Chaucer's version of the hymn to the Blessed Virgin from Deguilleville's Pèlerinage de vie humaine. Cf. Brit. Mus. cat.
English and Middle English.

[51] p : col. ill ; 19 cm

Place(s) associated

  • San Francisco

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1967

Note

"One thosand copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem"--Colophon.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 102-2004
Primary reference Number: 118387
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 12 December 2014 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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