A social edition of the Devonshire manuscript (BL MS Add 17,492)

Folger bibliographic ID: 345554
Folger call number: PR1205 .D48 2015
Folger holdings ID: 496364
Accession Number: 222911

General notes

"This edition is a print version of a larger, evolving project of the same name hosted on Wikibooks at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Devonshire_Manuscript. In the near future, A Social Edition of the Devonshire Manuscript will also be hosted in the Iter Community space at http://www.itercommunity.org" --Page [iii] "The transcription for this present edition is based on examination of both the original document and a microfilm of the Devonshire Manuscript provided by the British Library. Members of the Devonshire MS Editorial Group prepared and transcribed (in a blind process) two paper copies from the microfilm. The transcribers collated the two paper copies manually as collation proved unfeasible by electronic means. The resultant rough transcription was resolved as far as possible using expanded paper prints and enlarged images. Remaining areas of uncertainty were resolved with manual reference to the original document itself, housed at the British Library. This final, collated transcription forms the basis for the current edition"--Page 4 Includes bibliographical references and index

Partial Contents

Introduction: The First Sustained Example of Men and Women Writing Together in the English Tradition -- 1. Textual Introduction and Editorial Principles. Overview; Textual Introduction; Transcription; Punctuation and Scribal Marks -- 2. The Works of the Devonshire Manuscript -- 3. Public and Private, Personal and Communal -- 4. Current and Popular Contexts -- 5. Bibliographic Materials and Analysis. Paper and Watermarks; Gatherings; Collation; Provenance -- Sigla of Manuscripts & Early Printed Books Associated with the Devonshire Manuscript. 1. Manuscripts; 2. Early Printed Books; 3. Witness Descriptions, Manuscript; 4. Witness Descriptions, Early Printed Books -- Poems

Uniform title: Devonshire manuscript
Extended title: A social edition of the Devonshire manuscript (BL MS Add 17,492) / [edited by] Raymond Siemens, University of Victoria, Karin Armstrong, University of Victoria & Constance Crompton, University of British Columbia, and the Devonshire MS Editorial Group
Alternate titles: Devonshire manuscript (BL MS Add 17,492)

English poetry England

editor: Siemens, Raymond George, 1966-
editor: Armstrong, Karin
editor: Crompton, Constance (Constance Louise Kathleen)
editor: Devonshire MS Editorial Group
associated with: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies