Pearl Manuscript
The Pearl Manuscript (British Library MS Cotton Nero A X/2), also known as the Gawain manuscript, is an illuminated manuscript produced somewhere in northern England in the late 14th century or the beginning of the 15th century. It is one of the best-known Middle English manuscripts, the only one containing alliterative verse solely, and the oldest surviving English manuscript to have full-page illustrations. It contains the only surviving copies of four of the masterpieces of medieval English literature: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, and Patience. It has been described as "one of the greatest manuscript treasures for medieval literature", and "the most famous of all romance manuscripts".
| Pearl Manuscript | |
|---|---|
| British Library | |
The Green Knight at Camelot, folio 94v, and the beginning of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, folio 95r | |
| Also known as | The Gawain Manuscript, British Library MS Cotton Nero A X/2 |
| Date | c. 1400 |
| Place of origin | Northern England |
| Language(s) | Middle English |
| Author(s) | The Gawain Poet |
| Material | Vellum |
| Size | 12 centimetres (4.7 in) x 17 centimetres (6.7 in) |
| Format | Single column |
| Script | Gothic textura rotunda |
| Contents | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience |
| Previously kept | Cotton library |
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