An Annotated Edition of Chaucer Belonging to Stephan Batman

• Published in: Library Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 217 - 224
• Main Author: Leahy, Conor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Oxford University Press 01.06.2021; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: 16th century; Annotations; Batman, Stephan; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?-1400); Library collections; Rare books
• ISSN: 0024-2160; 1744-8581
• DOI: 10.1093/library/22.2.217

Abstract This article introduces a copy of The Woorkes of Geffrey Chaucer (1561) formerly belonging to the writer, cleric, limner, and book-collector Stephan Batman (c. 1542–1584). The volume is currently held at the Guildhall Library (SR 2.3.3), and contains Batman’s annotations and manicules throu...