Shirley, John — (ca. 1366–1456) Remembered mainly as a scribe whose manuscript attributions are important for establishing the authorship of some of CHAUCER’s shorter poems, John Shirley was also important for his manuscript copies of many of LYDGATE’s poems… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Geoffrey Chaucer — Chaucer redirects here. For other uses, see Chaucer (disambiguation). Geoffrey Chaucer … Wikipedia
Geoffrey Chaucer — Nacimiento c. 1343 … Wikipedia Español
scrivener — scriv·en·er / skri və nər/ n [Middle English, alteration of scriveyn, from Anglo French escrivein, ultimately from Latin scriba public record keeper, from scribere to write]: a professional or public copyist or writer of official or formal… … Law dictionary
English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue … Wikipedia
Scrivener — A scribe or copyist; someone who wrote professionally. There was always the problem inherent in copying of the transmission of errors, either through lack of attention to the text or through bad writing being mis read. Authors themselves were… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
scrivener — /ˈskrɪvnə / (say skrivnuh) noun Obsolete 1. a professional or public writer; a clerk. 2. → notary public. {Middle English, from obsolete scriveyn (from Old French) + er1} …
