Reeve's Tale 1 About variant maps Reeve's Tale 2 Reeve's Tale 3

Reeve's Tale 2 is in 54 witnesses (Edition Ad1 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 5 witnesses (Ad3 En2 Ld1 Ox2 Ra2)


Theer gooth a brook Ad1 Bo1 Ha2 Hk Mm Ra1 Ry2 Se To1 Wy (Ther goth a broke), Edition (Theer gooth a brook), Bo2 Ha5 (Ther goth a brok), Bw Ch (Ther gooth a broke), Cn (There goith a broke), Cp (Ther goþ a brook), Cx1 Cx2 En3 Ha4 Lc Mg Ne Ra3 Sl1 Tc1 (Ther goth a brook), Dd En1 Pn Tc2 (There goth a broke), Dl (Theer gooht a broke), Ds1 Sl2 (There goth a brook), El Hg (Ther gooth a brook), Fi Ld2 (Ther gothe a broke), Gg (Þ̉e goth a brok), Gl (Ther͗ goth a broke), Ha3 (Þer gooþe a brooke), He (Ther͗ goith a broke), Ht (Þere goth a broke), Ii (There gothe a broke), La (There goþe a broke), Ma (Þer goth a brook), Mc (Þ̉e goth a brook), Nl (There goith a brook), Ph2 (Ther͗ goth a brook), Ps (Þ̉ gos a brook), Pw (Ther goþ a broke), Py (Ther goth a brooke), Ry1 (There gothe A brooke)

Theer rennyþ a brook Ln (Ther rennyþ a brook)

and ouer Ad1 He (and ovir), Edition Bw Cp Cx1 En3 Ha4 Ha5 Hg Ht Lc Ld2 Ma Mm Ra3 Ry1 Sl1 Tc1 Tc2 (and ouer), Bo1 Ch Dd El Fi Ii Ph2 Py Ry2 To1 (and oủ), Bo2 Mg Pw (and over), Cn En1 Gl Hk La (and oủe), Cx2 Ds1 Ha2 Ha3 Ln Ne Ra1 Se Wy (⁊ ouer), Dl (⁊ over), Gg (⁊ oủ), Mc (⁊ ouᵉ), Nl (⁊ ovir), Pn (and ouir), Ps (and ouyr), Sl2 (⁊ oủe)

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

that is Ln (þᵗ is)

it lyght Dl (it lyght)

a brygge Edition Ad1 Bo2 Dd Ii Ln Mm Ry2 (a brygge), Bo1 Ch Ds1 El En1 En3 Gl Ha4 Ha5 Hk Ht Lc Ma Mg Ps Py Ra1 Ra3 Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc1 To1 (a brigge), Bw Cx1 Tc2 (a brige), Cn Ph2 (a Brigge), Cx2 Pn Wy (a bryge), Fi Ry1 (A brygge), He (abrigg), Hg (a brygg), Ne (a brig), Nl (a brigg)

a bregge Cp Dl Gg (a bregge)

a brugge Ha2 Ha3 La Mc (a brugge), Pw (a bruge)

brygge Ld2 (bryge)

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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....