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'''''A New Index of Middle English Verse''''', edited by [[Julia Boffey]] and [[A. S. G. Edwards]] (published in London by the British Library in 2005) is a 344-page first-line index of English poems composed after the [[Old English]] period and before 1500.{{Cite book |last=Boffey |first=Julia |title=A new index of Middle English verse |last2=Edwards |first2=A. S. G. |date=2005 |publisher=the British library |isbn=978-0-7123-4831-7 |location=London}} Its numbering system provides the standard way to refer to [[Middle English]] poems.{{Cite book |last=Harner |first=James L. |title=Literary Research Guide |last2=Courtney |first2=Angela |publisher=The Modern Language Association |year=2014 |edition=6th |chapter=M1940 |chapter-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Literary_Research_Guide/M#M1940}} In the assessment of James L. Harner and Angela Courtney, "based on firsthand examination of many of the entries [...] ''New Index of Middle English Verse'' is the essential resource for investigating verse of the period". |
'''''A New Index of Middle English Verse''''', edited by [[Julia Boffey]] and [[A. S. G. Edwards]] (published in London by the [[British Library]] in 2005) is a 344-page first-line index of English poems composed after the [[Old English]] period and before 1500.{{Cite book |last=Boffey |first=Julia |title=A new index of Middle English verse |last2=Edwards |first2=A. S. G. |date=2005 |publisher=the British library |isbn=978-0-7123-4831-7 |location=London}} Its numbering system provides the standard way to refer to [[Middle English]] poems.{{Cite book |last=Harner |first=James L. |title=Literary Research Guide |last2=Courtney |first2=Angela |publisher=The Modern Language Association |year=2014 |edition=6th |chapter=M1940 |chapter-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Literary_Research_Guide/M#M1940}} In the assessment of James L. Harner and Angela Courtney, "based on firsthand examination of many of the entries [...] ''New Index of Middle English Verse'' is the essential resource for investigating verse of the period". |
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== Origins == |
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The ''New Index'' is a revision and expansion of [[Carleton Lewis Brownson|Carleton Brown]] and Russell Hope Robbins, ''[[The Index of Middle English Verse]]'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 1943), and the ''Supplement'' published by Robbins and John L. Cutler (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1965), adding 1500 new records to the earlier indices, partly by recognising significant variants of poems more fully. The ''New Index'' retains the numbering system of its sources, but culls erroneous entries, poems dated to after 1500, and separate entries for extracts of longer poems.A. S. G. Edwards, "Towards a New Index of Middle English Verse", ''Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature'' 15 (2000): 51–75.Review by E. G. Stanley, ''Notes and Queries'' 53.3 (2006): 362–64. Post-1500 poems are covered by complementary resources produced by [[Dick Ringler]].{{Cite book |last=Ringler |first=William A. |title=Bibliography and index of English verse printed, 1476-1558 |date=1988 |publisher=Mansell |isbn=978-0-7201-1892-6 |location=London New York}}{{Cite book |last=Ringler |first=William A. |title=Bibliography and index of English verse in manuscript, 1501-1558 |last2=Rudick |first2=Michael |last3=Ringler |first3=Susan Jane |date=1992 |publisher=Mansell |isbn=978-0-7201-2099-8 |location=London New York}} |
The ''New Index'' is a revision and expansion of [[Carleton Lewis Brownson|Carleton Brown]] and Russell Hope Robbins, ''[[The Index of Middle English Verse]]'' (New York: [[Columbia University Press]], 1943), and the ''Supplement'' published by Robbins and John L. Cutler (Lexington: [[University of Kentucky]] Press, 1965), adding 1500 new records to the earlier indices, partly by recognising significant variants of poems more fully. The ''New Index'' retains the numbering system of its sources, but culls erroneous entries, poems dated to after 1500, and separate entries for extracts of longer poems.A. S. G. Edwards, "Towards a New Index of Middle English Verse", ''Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature'' 15 (2000): 51–75.Review by E. G. Stanley, ''Notes and Queries'' 53.3 (2006): 362–64. Post-1500 poems are covered by complementary resources produced by [[Dick Ringler]].{{Cite book |last=Ringler |first=William A. |title=Bibliography and index of English verse printed, 1476-1558 |date=1988 |publisher=Mansell |isbn=978-0-7201-1892-6 |location=London New York}}{{Cite book |last=Ringler |first=William A. |title=Bibliography and index of English verse in manuscript, 1501-1558 |last2=Rudick |first2=Michael |last3=Ringler |first3=Susan Jane |date=1992 |publisher=Mansell |isbn=978-0-7201-2099-8 |location=London New York}} |
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== Addenda and complementary resources == |
== Addenda and complementary resources == |
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