Teaser: Chaucer's Scribes with Lawrence Warner

In this episode, Professor Lawrence Warner joins us to talk about Adam Pinkhurst, a 14th century scribe who may or may not have been cursed in a humorous poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. We explore the evidence for Pinkhurst’s identification as Chaucer’s “owne scriveyn” behind two early manuscripts of The Canterbury Tales, enjoy some impromptu Middle English recitation, and question the relationship between paleography and literary studies. To hear the full conversation, become a patron:

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Teaser: Chaucer's Scribes with Lawrence Warner is an episode from Unburied Books by Dylan Cuellar, Kassia Oset.

This episode is 00:07:26 long.

This episode was published on May 7, 2025.

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