An Original 1404 English Monastic Vellum Manuscript

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An original 1404 English Monastic Manuscript - Extremely Rare on the Market The language of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales This is an original and valuable manuscript, over 603 years old. It is not a reproduction. Bidders with zero feedback are kindly requested to email me prior to bidding or I reserve the right to remove bids The Manuscript [MANUSCRIPT on Vellum] Middle English endenture (i.e. indenture) , 21 x 27 cm., [Yorkshire], 1404 from the MONK BRETTON PRIORY near Barnsley, established in 1153 by Cluniac monks. A 40-year indenture of an estate Riddings, Derbyshire from the monks of Bretton Priory, Yorkshire, to one Richard of 'Denelay. The indenture is of particular interest due to the sizeable Middle English addition on the dorse. Very Fine condition. This manuscript is of considerable linguistic importance and rarity due the sizeable Middle English addition on the dorse. "Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066 and the mid-to-late 15th century, when the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the introduction of the printing press into England by William Caxton in the 1470s, and slightly later by Richard Pynson..." It is interesting to note that another surviving read more

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