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Images from Cod. Bodmer 48, The Canterbury Tales
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Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 48
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the "Father of English Poetry", have been preserved in 82 medieval manuscripts and four incunabula editions. The copy in CB 48 was made in the 15th century by a single scribe. The manuscript is still in its original binding of suede deerskin stretched...
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520 pages: 1% complete (2% transcribed, 1% needs review)