Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Dudley French papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1264
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, research notes, teaching materials, printed matter, a diary, a scrapbook, and photographs (1922-1952) comprise the papers. The teaching materials and the research notes reflect French's interest in Chaucer. A portion of the correspondence concerns Memorial Quadrangle at Yale, about which he published a book in 1929. There is also a substantial number of letters from students at Jonathan Edwards College, of which he was master from 1930 to 1953. Other correspondents...
Dates:
1857-1983, bulk 1921-1954
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Robert Dudley French papers
Geoffrey Chaucer. In the collection of Sir Hans Sloane Bart. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1741. Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini 1742., 1742
Item — 1-167
Call Number: MSS 10
Scope and Contents:
Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Dates:
1742
Charles Robert Leslie Collection
Collection
Call Number: MSS 15
Abstract:
The collection comprises sketchbooks, writings, and correspondence by Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859) and his family.
Dates:
circa 1812-1900
Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1231
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, research, notes, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Lounsbury's personal life and professional career as an author and educator of English literature at Yale University. Correspondence with Yale colleagues, students, authors, and officials details his academic and literary interests, and activity in the areas of international language and simplified spelling. Personal materials include letters relating to Lounsbury's Civil War...
Dates:
1829-1915
The Flower and the Leaf of Chaucer, illustrated, circa 1885
Item — 1: Series 2; Series 3, Folder: B
Call Number: MSS 15, Series II
Scope and Contents:
Attributed to George Leslie but bearing strong resemblances to the work of Mary Leslie, this manuscript appears to be a mockup for an unpublished edition of Chaucer's poem, "The Flower and the Leaf." The poem is copied out by hand in a small, cursive hand, and each page has illustrated panels depicting scenes from the poem, with decorative borders. The intricate details and carefully drawn figures in medieval costume evoke the Victorian fascination and interpretation of medieval aesthetics....
Dates:
circa 1885