Are Auchinleck manuscript scribes 1 and 6 the same scribe? The advantages of whole-data analysis and electronic texts. From: Medium Aevum | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: Wiggins, Alison | COPYRIGHT 2004 Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literature. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Introduction

The Auchinleck Manuscript (National Library of Scotland Advocates' MS 19.2.1) was produced in London in the 1330s and is a volume of forty-four Middle English texts, with approximately sixteen items lost. It is the first example of a commercially produced manuscript written in English and provides an important instance of large-scale collaboration between multiple scribes. The nature of this collaboration, the number of scribes involved, and their relationsh...