An Annotated Edition of Chaucer Belonging to Stephan Batman. (10th June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Leahy, Conor
• Is Part Of: Library. Volume 22:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 217
• Page End: 224
• Publication Date: 2021-06-10
• Subjects: Bibliography -- Periodicals; Library science -- Periodicals; 010.5
• DOI: 10.1093/library/22.2.217
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0024-2160

Abstract

Abstract: This article introduces a copy of The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer (1561) formerly belonging to the writer, cleric, limner, and book-collector Stephan Batman ( c . 1542–1584). The volume is currently held at the Guildhall Library (SR 2.3.3), and contains Batman's annotations and manicules throughout the text. It also features a 28-line poem in Batman's hand, a short booklist of medieval chronicles, and five line drawings. The book thus offers a fresh insight into the reading practices of one of the most industrious English antiquaries of the sixteenth century, and sheds new light on Chaucer's sixteenth-century reception.