Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
Abbreviations for the Latin and French addenda to the Confessio:
Ex ‘Explicit iste liber’
Qc ‘Quam cinxere’, with preceding prose rubric ‘Epistola super huius’
Q ‘Quia unusquisque’
P Carmen super Multiplici Viciorum Pestilencia
M Short Latin poems, occurring in various permutations
T Traitié pour Essampler les Amantz Marietz
Manuscripts in the United Kingdom
1. Cambridge University Library, MS Dd.8.19 (deliberate substantial omissions), s.xv, first quarter, missing V.1–1442, 2150–7184end, VII.3684–5438end, all of Book VIII. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cl, Ic, sigil D]
2. Cambridge University Library, MS Mm.2.21, s.xv, first quarter, no losses. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxl–xli, Ia, sigil M]
3. Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 307 (at present on deposit at the Cambridge UL), c. 1420–30, no losses. Ex Qc Q, also table of contents. [Not known to Macaulay]
4. Cambridge, St Catharine’s College, MS 7, s.xv, mid-century, missing I.3089–3276, II.3331–3518, V.1182–1363, 6225–6388, VI.107–460, VII.984–1155, VIII.2941*–3114*end. Ex Qc Q. Much disorder, without loss of text, in Books III–V. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxlvi–vii, Ib, sigil Cath]
5. Cambridge, St John’s College, MS B.12, s.xv, first quarter, missing I.631–814, V.57–213, 1615–1770. Ex Qc Q. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxxxix–xl, Ia, sigil J]
6. Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, MS 63 (Δ. 4. 1), s.xv, second quarter, missing Prol. 1–140. Ex Qc, also Cato’s Distichs, in English. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cliii–iv, IIa, sigil Δ]
7. Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.3.2, s.xv, first quarter, missing entire Prologue, entire Book I, II.1–2686 (in all, the first five quires). Ex Qc Q P M T. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cliv–v, IIb, sigil T]
8. Glasgow UL, Hunterian MS 7 (S. 1. 7), s.xv, first quarter, missing Prol. 504–657, 984–I.30, I.199–336, I.3402–II.108, V.7718–VI.40, VI.2343–VII.60, VII.5399–VIII.126, VIII.271–441, VIII.783–end. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxliv–v, Ib, sigil G]
9. London, British Library, MS Add. 12043, s.xv, first quarter, missing Prol. 1–786, IV.1–190, 559–932, V.4606–4983, VII.3071–3268, VIII.1440–1632, 2404–end. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cliv, IIb, sigil Ad]
10. London, British Library, MS Add. 22139, s.xv, third quarter, missing Prol. 1–175, 455–78, 505–27, 716–26, 979–1061, I.199–II.156, III.1150–IV.1516, IV.1643–68, V.7807–44, VI.1–154. Ex Qc Q, with four short poems by Chaucer. [Macaulay (ed.), Works, II.cxlvi, Ib, sigil Ad2]
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