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Pearl Manuscript, the Glossary

The Pearl Manuscript (British Library MS Cotton Nero A X/2), also known as the Gawain manuscript, is an illuminated manuscript produced somewhere in northern England in the late 14th century or the beginning of the 15th century.^[1]

47 relations: Alliterative verse, Belshazzar's feast, Blackletter, British Library, British Museum, Camelot, Cheshire, Chivalric romance, Cleanness, Cotton library, Daniel (biblical figure), E. V. Gordon, Early English Text Society, Exemplar (textual criticism), Frederic Madden, Gawain, Gawain Poet, Green Knight, Henry Savile of Banke, Illuminated manuscript, International Gothic, Jonah, Kathleen L. Scott, Lady Bertilak, Laura Hibbard Loomis, Ligature (writing), Limner, Middle English, Nineveh, Noah's Ark, Notary, Palaeography, Patience (poem), Pearl (poem), Quarto, Recto and verso, Richard Morris (philologist), Richard Price (barrister), Roger Sherman Loomis, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, Staffordshire, Stanley family, The History of English Poetry, Thomas Warton, Vellum, York.
English-language manuscripts
Literary illuminated manuscripts
Middle English poetry

Alliterative verse

In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal device to indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.

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Belshazzar's feast

Belshazzar's feast, or the story of the writing on the wall, chapter 5 in the Book of Daniel, tells how Belshazzar holds a great feast and drinks from the vessels that had been looted in the destruction of the First Temple.

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Blackletter

Blackletter (sometimes black letter or black-letter), also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule or Gothic type, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 until the 17th century.

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British Library

The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Camelot

Camelot is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur.

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Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Chivalric romance

As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of high medieval and early modern Europe.

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Cleanness

Cleanness (Middle English: Clannesse) is a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century. Pearl Manuscript and Cleanness are Cotton Library.

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Cotton library

The Cotton or Cottonian library is a collection of manuscripts that came into the hands of the antiquarian and bibliophile Sir Robert Bruce Cotton MP (1571–1631). Pearl Manuscript and Cotton library are Cotton Library.

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Daniel (biblical figure)

Daniel (Aramaic and lit; translit-std) is the main character of the Book of Daniel.

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E. V. Gordon

Eric Valentine Gordon (14 February 1896 – 29 July 1938) was a Canadian philologist, known as an editor of medieval Germanic texts and a teacher of medieval Germanic languages at the University of Leeds and the University of Manchester.

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Early English Text Society

The Early English Text Society (EETS) is a text publication society founded in 1864 which is dedicated to the editing and publication of early English texts, especially those only available in manuscript.

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Exemplar (textual criticism)

In textual criticism, an exemplar is the text used to produce another text.

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Frederic Madden

Sir Frederic Madden KH (16 February 1801 – 8 March 1873) was an English palaeographer.

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Gawain

Gawain, also known in many other forms and spellings, is a character in Arthurian legend, in which he is King Arthur's nephew and one of the premier Knights of the Round Table.

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Gawain Poet

The "Gawain Poet", or less commonly the "Pearl Poet"Andrew, M. "Theories of Authorship" (1997) in Brewer (ed).

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Green Knight

The Green Knight (Marchog Gwyrdd, Marghek Gwyrdh, Marc'heg Gwer) is a heroic character of the Matter of Britain, originating in the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the related medieval work The Greene Knight.

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Henry Savile of Banke

Henry Savile of Banke (1568 – 29 April 1617) was an English manuscript and book collector.

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Illuminated manuscript

An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations.

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International Gothic

International Gothic is a period of Gothic art which began in Burgundy, France, and northern Italy in the late 14th and early 15th century.

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Jonah

Jonah or Jonas is a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible hailing from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE.

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Kathleen L. Scott

Kathleen L. Scott is a codicologist specialising in 15th-century English manuscripts.

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Lady Bertilak

Lady Bertilak (or Lady Hautdesert) are names given by some modern critics to a character in the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (14th century), though the poem itself only ever calls her "the lady".

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Laura Hibbard Loomis

Laura Alandis Hibbard Loomis (June 18, 1883 – August 25, 1960) was an American literary scholar and college professor who specialized in medieval English literature.

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Ligature (writing)

In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more graphemes or letters are joined to form a single glyph.

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Limner

A limner is an illuminator of manuscripts, or more generally, a painter of ornamental decoration.

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Middle English

Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century.

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Nineveh

Nineveh (𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀, URUNI.NU.A, Ninua; נִינְוֵה, Nīnəwē; نَيْنَوَىٰ, Naynawā; ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ, Nīnwē), also known in early modern times as Kouyunjik, was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located in the modern-day city of Mosul in northern Iraq.

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Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark (תיבת נח; Biblical Hebrew: Tevat Noaḥ)The word "ark" in modern English comes from Old English aerca, meaning a chest or box.

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Notary

A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents.

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Palaeography

Palaeography (UK) or paleography (US; ultimately from παλαιός,, 'old', and γράφειν,, 'to write') is the study and academic discipline of the analysis of historical writing systems, the historicity of manuscripts and texts, subsuming deciphering and dating of historical manuscripts, including the analysis of historic penmanship, handwriting script, signification and printed media.

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Patience (poem)

Patience (Middle English: Pacience) is a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century. Pearl Manuscript and Patience (poem) are Cotton Library.

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Pearl (poem)

Pearl (Perle) is a late 14th-century Middle English poem that is considered one of the most important surviving Middle English works. Pearl Manuscript and Pearl (poem) are Cotton Library.

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Quarto

Quarto (abbreviated Qto, 4to or 4º) is the format of a book or pamphlet produced from full sheets printed with eight pages of text, four to a side, then folded twice to produce four leaves.

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Recto and verso

Recto is the "right" or "front" side and verso is the "left" or "back" side when text is written or printed on a leaf of paper in a bound item such as a codex, book, broadsheet, or pamphlet.

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Richard Morris (philologist)

Richard Morris (8 September 1833 – 12 May 1894), was an English philologist and priest of the Church of England.

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Richard Price (barrister)

Richard Price (1790–1833) was a British barrister, known as philologist, antiquarian, and literary editor.

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Roger Sherman Loomis

Roger Sherman Loomis (1887–1966) was an American scholar and one of the foremost authorities on medieval and Arthurian literature.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English alliterative verse. Pearl Manuscript and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are Cotton Library.

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Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (22 January 1570/71 – 6 May 1631) of Conington Hall in the parish of Conington in Huntingdonshire, England,Kyle, Chris & Sgroi was a Member of Parliament and an antiquarian who founded the Cotton library.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.

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Stanley family

The Stanley family (or Audley-Stanley family) is an English family with many notable members, including the Earls of Derby and the Barons Audley who descended from the early holders of Audley and Stanley, Staffordshire.

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The History of English Poetry

The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century (1774-1781) by Thomas Warton was a pioneering and influential literary history. Pearl Manuscript and the History of English Poetry are Middle English poetry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Manuscript

Pearl Manuscript, the Glossary

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See also

English-language manuscripts

Literary illuminated manuscripts

Middle English poetry

References