Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales

E951576

illuminated manuscript literary manuscript medieval manuscript

The Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales is a richly illuminated early 15th-century deluxe manuscript and one of the most important and authoritative sources for Geoffrey Chaucer’s Middle English masterpiece.

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Label	Occurrences
Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales canonical	3
Ellesmere Chaucer manuscript	2
Ellesmere Chaucer manuscript of The Canterbury Tales	1
Ellesmere Manuscript	1
Ellesmere manuscript of The Canterbury Tales	1
The Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11860088 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales
Context triple: [The Knight's Tale, includedInManuscript, Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales]

A. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer is the lavishly illustrated 1896 Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer’s writings, celebrated as one of the finest achievements of the Arts and Crafts movement in book design and printing.
B. Exeter Book
The Exeter Book is a 10th-century Old English manuscript and one of the most important surviving collections of Anglo-Saxon poetry, including religious and secular works.
C. The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a landmark Middle English literary work comprising a series of stories told by pilgrims on a journey to Canterbury, celebrated for its vivid characterization and social satire.
D. Codex Arundel
Codex Arundel is a celebrated collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific and artistic notes and drawings, showcasing his investigations into mechanics, geometry, and natural phenomena.
E. Croyland Chronicle
The Croyland Chronicle is a medieval English monastic history that provides a valuable contemporary narrative of late 15th-century political events, including the turbulent period surrounding the Princes in the Tower.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales
Target entity description: The Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales is a richly illuminated early 15th-century deluxe manuscript and one of the most important and authoritative sources for Geoffrey Chaucer’s Middle English masterpiece.

A. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer is the lavishly illustrated 1896 Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer’s writings, celebrated as one of the finest achievements of the Arts and Crafts movement in book design and printing.
B. Exeter Book
The Exeter Book is a 10th-century Old English manuscript and one of the most important surviving collections of Anglo-Saxon poetry, including religious and secular works.
C. The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a landmark Middle English literary work comprising a series of stories told by pilgrims on a journey to Canterbury, celebrated for its vivid characterization and social satire.
D. Codex Arundel
Codex Arundel is a celebrated collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific and artistic notes and drawings, showcasing his investigations into mechanics, geometry, and natural phenomena.
E. Croyland Chronicle
The Croyland Chronicle is a medieval English monastic history that provides a valuable contemporary narrative of late 15th-century political events, including the turbulent period surrounding the Princes in the Tower.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	illuminated manuscript ⓘ literary manuscript ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ellesmere Chaucer ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 1400–1410 ⓘ
collection	Huntington Library ⓘ linked to: Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
containsWork	The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
date	early 15th century ⓘ
feature	carefully planned layout ⓘ decorated borders ⓘ miniature portraits of pilgrims ⓘ ornamental initials ⓘ pilgrim portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Clerk ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Franklin ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Host ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Knight ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Merchant ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Miller ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Nun’s Priest ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Pardoner ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Prioress ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Squire ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Summoner ⓘ pilgrim portrait of the Wife of Bath ⓘ rich illumination ⓘ
hasSignificance	important document of early 15th-century English literary culture ⓘ important example of English book illumination ⓘ key source for editors of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ major witness for ordering of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
isComparedWith	Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
isConsidered	authoritative text witness of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ deluxe presentation copy ⓘ
isSourceFor	text of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
language	Middle English ⓘ
location	San Marino, California ⓘ
material	parchment ⓘ
namedAfter	Earl of Ellesmere ⓘ
originatesFrom	Ellesmere family collection ⓘ
relatedTo	Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
script	Anglicana ⓘ
shelfmark	Huntington Library MS EL 26 C 9 ⓘ
subjectOf	codicological analysis ⓘ facsimile editions ⓘ scholarly studies on Chaucerian textual tradition ⓘ
title	Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
workOf	Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

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