Reeve's Tale 16 About variant maps Reeve's Tale 17 Reeve's Tale 18

Reeve's Tale 17 is in 55 witnesses (Edition Ad1 Ad3 Bo1 Bo2 Bw Ch Cn Cp Cx1 Cx2 Dd Dl Ds1 El En1 En3 Fi Gg Gl Ha2 Ha3 Ha4 Ha5 He Hg Hk Ht Ii La Lc Ld2 Ln Ma Mc Mg Mm Ne Nl Ph2 Pn Ps Pw Py Ra1 Ra3 Ry1 Ry2 Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc1 Tc2 To1 Wy)

OUT 4 witnesses (En2 Ld1 Ox2 Ra2)


ther Edition Ad1 Ad3 Bo1 Ch Cx1 Cx2 El En3 Ha4 Ha5 He Hg Ln Ne Pn Ps Py Ra3 Tc1 To1 Wy (Ther), Bo2 Ma Mc (þer), Cn Dd Ds1 En1 Gg Hk Ii Nl Ph2 Tc2 (there), Dl (theer), Ht (þere)

ther was Bw Cp Ha2 La Lc Ld2 Mg Mm Ry2 Se Sl1 (Ther was), Fi Gl Ry1 Sl2 (there was)

ther nas Ha3 Pw (Þer nas)

he Ra1 (He)

dorste no wight Ad1 (durst no wyht), Ad3 (dorste no wyght), Edition El Hg (dorste no wight), Bo1 Bo2 Ch Cn En1 Ht Ma Pn Ps Tc2 To1 (durst no wight), Cx1 Ha4 Hk Ii (durste no wight), Cx2 (durste no wyht), Dd (durst no wyght), Dl Wy (durste no wyght), Ds1 Tc1 (durst no wiȝt), En3 (durste no wiht), Ha5 (dorst no wight), He-mod Nl (durst no white), He-orig (dust no white), Mc (durst no wyth), Ne (durste no wyȝt), Ra3 (dorst no wiȝt)

dorste no man Ln (dorste noman), Ph2 (durst no man̄)

dorste no wygh Gg (durste no wygh)

dorste not with Ra1 (durst not wᵗ)

shuld no wight Py (shuld no wight)

no wight þat dorste Bw Cp Ry2-mod (no wight þat dorst), Fi (no wyght þᵗ durst), Ha2 (no wight that durste), Ha3 (no wight þat dovrste), La (no whihte þat dorst), Lc (no wight þᵗ durste), Ld2 Mg Se Sl1 (no wight that durst), Mm (no wyȝht þat dorste), Pw (no wight þat durst), Ry1 (no wyghte þᵗ durste), Sl2 (no wight þᵗ durst)

no man þat dorste Ry2-orig (no man þat dorst)

Overlapping readings dorste no wight hand vp on hym

no wight þat on hym hand dorste Gl (no wight þat on hym hande durst)

hand Ad1 Bw Cx1 Cx2 Dl En3 Fi He-mod Ne Nl Pw Ra1 Sl2 Tc2 (hond), Edition Ad3 Bo1 Bo2 Cp Dd El Gg Ha4 Ha5 Hg Lc Ld2 Ma Ph2 Pn Ps Py Ra3 Ry2 Se Sl1 Tc1 To1 (hand), Ch Cn Ha3 Ht Ii Mg Mm Ry1 (hande), Ds1 En1 Ha2 Hk La Mc Wy (honde)

hong He-orig (hong)

handes Ln (handes)

vp on hym Ad3 Bo2 Ha4 Hk Ne Pn Ra3 (vpon him), Edition Cx1 Cx2 El Hg Wy (vp on hym), Bo1 (upon̄ him), Ch Mc Py Ra1 (vpon hym), Dd (vp on hī), Dl Ii Ps Tc2 (vppon hym), En1 (vp on̄ hī), Gg (vp on hȳ), Ha5 Ln (vp on him), He (oppon̄ him), Ph2 (upon him), Tc1 (vpon̄ him), To1 (upon hym)

on hym Ad1 Cp Ds1 Se Sl1 (on him), Bw En3 Ha2 Lc Ma Mg Mm Nl Ry1 Sl2 (on hym), Cn (on̄ hym̄), Fi Ld2 Pw (on hȳ), Ha3 (on̄ him), Ht Ry2 (on hī), La (on̄him)

legge Edition Ad1 Bo1 Bo2 Ch Cn Cp Cx1 Dd Dl Ds1 El En1 En3 Gl Ha2 Ha3 Ha4 Ha5 Hg Hk Ht Lc Ld2 Ln Ma Mg Mm Ne Nl Ph2 Ps Pw Ra3 Ry2 Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc1 Tc2 To1 (legge), Bw (lege), Cx2 Pn Wy (ledge), Fi (leygge), He (legg͗)

ligge Ii Ry1 (lygge), La (ligge)

lagge Ad3 (lagge)

leye Gg-mod Py (leye), Mc Ra1 (ley)

le Gg-orig (le)

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On the left hand side of the screen you will see what we call "Variant Maps." These are hypotheses of relationships among the manuscripts, created by phylogenetic software developed by evolutionary biologists to explore relationships among species. For explanation of how we use these maps see....