Manuscripts
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 145
Cambridge, King’s College 13
Cambridge, Magdalene College, MS Pepys 2344
Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R. 3, 25
Cambridge, University Library, MS Additional 3039
Leeds, Leeds University, Ripon Minster Fragment 33
London, College of Arms, MS Arundel 127
London, British Library, Addit. 10301
London, British Library, MS Additional 24078
London, British Library, MS Cotton Julius D IX
London, British Library, MS Egerton 1993
London, British Library, MS Egerton 2810
London, British Library, MS Egerton 2891
London, British Library, MS Harley 2277
London, British Library, Royal 17 C. XVII
London, British Library, MS Stowe 949
London, Lambeth Palace, Lambeth MS 223
New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, Takamiya Deposit 54
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 43
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Add. C. 220
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 779
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. Poet. A.1 (Vernon MS)
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. Poet. C. 3
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. Poet. C. 38
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. Poet. E. 94
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 108
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 463
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner 17
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson Poet 225
Oxford, Trinity College, 57
Winchester, Winchester College, 33
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