Medievalists.net » The Auchinleck Manuscript http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Auchinleck Manuscript: A Study in Manuscript Production, Scribal Innovation, and Literary Value in the Early 14th Century http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/07/auchinleck-manuscript-study-manuscript-production-scribal-innovation-literary-value-early-14th-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/07/auchinleck-manuscript-study-manuscript-production-scribal-innovation-literary-value-early-14th-century/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:15:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55961 The Auchinleck Manuscript (National Library of Scotland Advocates MS. 19.2.1) has presented tantalizing mysteries for scholars for several centuries because the 334 extant folios of the Auchinleck Manuscript have not left solid evidence as to its provenance, date, scribes, master artist, or patron.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/07/auchinleck-manuscript-study-manuscript-production-scribal-innovation-literary-value-early-14th-century/feed/ 0 Chaucer’s reading list: Sir Thopas, Auchinleck, and Middle English romances in translation http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/chaucers-reading-list-sir-thopas-auchinleck-and-middle-english-romances-in-translation/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/chaucers-reading-list-sir-thopas-auchinleck-and-middle-english-romances-in-translation/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:00:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46126 One frustration of engaging in any branch of European medieval studies as an academic pursuit is that few claim expertise about the ancient or Roman worlds, but seemingly everyone on an internet discussion forum believes him or herself knowledgeable about the medieval period, usually based on patently false beliefs.

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