Longleat House MS 257: a description

From fresh examination of the manuscript, this paper presents a codicological description of Longleat House MS 257, a fifteenth-century codex in vellum that contains Lydgate’s Siege of Thebes, Chaucer’s Knight’s and Clerk’s Tale, and Ipomedon C, among other texts. First, the article discusses the date and place of production of this textual artifact, and after listing the contents of the volume, it examines the manuscript’s material circumstances, provides the collation and compilation, describes the morphology of the hands, and analyzes the decoration.

Haverford essays; studies in modern literature

The logic of argument, by C.C. Hoag.--On Milton's knowledge of music, by S.G. Spaeth.--George Herbert: an interpretation, by W.S. Hinchman.--The younger Wordsworth, by C.H. Burr.--Vita nuova, chapters 24 to 28, by A.G.H. Spiers.--Some Franco-Scottish influences on the early English drama, by J.A. Lester.--Heine and Tennyson: an essay in comparative criticism, by C.W. Stork.--The Franklin's tale, by W.M. Hart.--Ipomedon: an illustration of romance origin, by C.H. Carter.--The Moors in Spanish popular poetry before 1600, by W.W. Comfort.