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Abbreviations


I. Chaucer's Works. The abbreviations used are modifications of those found in The Riverside Chaucer, ed. Larry Benson (Boston: 1987).

Adam:
Adam Scriveyn


Anel:
Anelida and Arcite


Astr:
A Treatise on the Astrolabe


BD:
The Book of the Duchess


Bo:
Boece


Buk:
Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton


CkP, CkT:
The Cook's Prologue, The Cook's Tale


ClP, ClT:
The Clerk's Prologue, The Clerk's Tale


Compl d'Am:
Complaynt d'Amours


CYP, CYT:
The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale


Form Age:
The Former Age


FranklP, FranklT:
The Franklin's Prologue, The Franklin's Tale


FrP, FrT:
The Friar's Prologue, The Friar's Tale


Gen Prol:
The General Prologue


HF:
The House of Fame


KnT:
The Knight's Tale


LGW:
The Legend of Good Women


MancP, MancT:
The Manciple's Prologue, The Manciple's Tale


Mars:
The Complaint of Mars


Mel:
The Tale of Melibee


MerchP, MerchT:
The Merchant's Prologue, The Merchant's Tale


MillP, MillT:
The Miller's Prologue, The Miller's Tale


MkP, MkT:
The Monk's Prologue, The Monk's Tale


MLI, MLP, MLT:
The Man of Law's Introduction, The Man of Law's Prologue, The Man of Law's Tale


NPP, NPT:
The Nun's Priest's Prologue, The Nun's Priest's Tale


PardI, PardP, PardT:
The Pardoner's Introduction, The Pardoner's Prologue, The Pardoner's Tale


ParsP, ParsT:
The Parson's Prologue, The Parson's Tale


PF:
The Parliament of Fowls


PhysT:
The Physician's Tale


PrP, PrT:
The Prioress's Prologue, The Prioress's Tale


Purse:
The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse


RvP, RvT:
The Reeve's Prologue, The Reeve's Tale


Scog:
L'envoy de Chaucer a Scogan


SNP, SNT:
The Second Nun's Prologue, The Second Nun's Tale


ShipT:
The Shipman's Tale


SqI, SqT:
The Squire's Introduction, The Squire's Tale


Sted:
The Lak of Stedfastnesse


SumP, SumT:
The Summoner's Prologue, The Summoner's Tale


ThopP, Thop:
The Prologue of Sir Thopas, The Tale of Sir Thopas


Tr:
Troilus and Criseyde


Ven:
The Complaint of Venus


WBP, WBT:
The Wife of Bath's Prologue, The Wife of Bath's Tale


Wom Unc:
Against Woman Unconstant


II. Editions of Chaucer


Manly:
The Canterbury Tales, ed. John M. Manly (New York: 1928).

Manly-Rickert:
The Text of the Canterbury Tales, ed. John M. Manly and Edith Rickert (Chicago: 1940).

Pratt:
The Tales of Canterbury, ed. Robert A. Pratt (Boston: 1974).

Riverside Chaucer:
The Riverside Chaucer,
ed. Larry Benson, based on The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. F.N. Robinson. 2nd ed. (Boston: 1987).

Robinson:
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. F.N. Robinson. 2nd ed. (Boston: 1957).

Skeat:
The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, ed. W.W. Skeat. 7 vols. (Oxford: 1894-1897).


III. Journals, Periodicals, and Reference Books


AN&Q:
American Notes and Queries


AnM:
Annuale Mediaevale


Archiv:
Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen


C&M:
Classica et Mediaevalia


CC:
Corpus Christianorum


CE:
College English


ChauR:
Chaucer Review


CL:
Comparative Literature


DA:
Dictionary of Angels


DD:
Dante Dictionary


DNB:
Dictionary of National Biography


DSB:
Dictionary of Scientific Biography


EI:
Encylopaedia of Islam


EJ:
Encyclopaedia Judaica


ELH:
Journal of English Literary History


ELLMA:
European Literature in the Latin Middle Ages


ELN:
English Language Notes


EM:
English Miscellany


ES:
English Studies


ESC:
English Studies in Canada


ESO:
Early Science at Oxford


Etym:
Etymologiarum sive originum libri XX


FCS:
Fifteenth Century Studies


JEGP:
Journal of English and Germanic Philology


JMRS:
Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies


JWCI:
Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes


MAE:
Medium Aevum


MLN:
Modern Language Notes


MLQ:
Modern Language Quarterly


MLR:
Modern Language Review


MP:
Modern Philology


MRS:
Medieval and Renaissance Studies


MS:
Mediaeval Studies


N&Q:
Notes and Queries


NCE:
New Catholic Encyclopedia


NM:
Neuphilologische Mitteilungen


OCCL:
Oxford Companion to Classical Literature


OCD:
Oxford Classical Dictionary


ODECN:
Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names


PG:
Patrologia Graeca


PL:
Patrologia Latina


PMASAL:
Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters


PMLA:
Publications of the Modern Language Association


PMPA:
Publications of the Modern Philological Association


PMRS:
Progress of Medieval and Renaissance Studies in the U.S. and Canada


PQ:
Philological Quarterly


RES:
Review of English Studies


RLC:
Revue de littérature comparé


RR:
Le Roman de la Rose (The Romance of the Rose)
by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun

S&A:
Sources and Analogues to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales


SLL:
Studies in Language, Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages and Later


SN:
Studia Neophilologica


SP:
Studies in Philology


SSF:
Studies in Short Fiction


TLS:
Times Literary Supplement


WHR:
Western Humanities Review


WVUPP:
West Virginia University Philological Papers


IV. Books and Other Abbreviations

Les Arts Poétiques:
Les Arts Poétiques du XIIe et XIIIe siècle


AT:
Arthurian Tradition and Chrétien de Troyes


CFT:
Chaucer and the French Tradition


CFW:
Concerning Famous Women


CMS:
Chaucer and the Mediaeval Sciences


CRP:
Chaucer and the Roman Poets


DND:
De natura deorum


EETS:
Early English Text Society

Ex ser:
Extra series

Froissart:
Froissart's Chronicles

GL:
The Golden Legend


HDT:
Historia destructionis Troiae


Her:
Heroides


HMES:
A History of Magic and Experimental Science


IAC:
Iconographie de l'art chrétien


Inf:
Inferno


ITC:
The Indebtedness of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde to Guido delle Colonne's Historia destructionis Troiae

LA:
Legenda Aurea


MAME:
The Matter of Araby in Medieval England


ME:
Middle English

Met:
Metamorphoses


Metr:
Metrum


NH:
Natural History


OF:
Old French

OM:
Ovide Moralisé


OS:
Original series

Par:
Paradiso


PC:
A Preface to Chaucer


Purg:
Purgatorio


SATF:
Société des anciens textes français


SHMS:
Studies in the History of Mediaeval Science


SII:
Studies in Iconology


Tes:
Il Teseide delle Nozze d'Emilia


From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.

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