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Canterbury Tales: MS McClean 181

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Canterbury Tales

Maker(s)

Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey

Categories

Notes

History note: Formerly Ashburnham Appendix 127, no. 113 in the sale of 1899.

Place(s) associated

  • England ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1904) by McClean, Frank

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Identification numbers

Accession number: MS McClean 181
Primary reference Number: 239588
Project ID: 493
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Audit data

Created: Friday 15 November 2019 Updated: Tuesday 23 August 2022 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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