https://wiki.sarg.dev/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Geoffrey_ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer - Revision history2026-11-04T19:26:00ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.2https://wiki.sarg.dev/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Chaucer&diff=8090&oldid=previmported>Farabay: Removed the unsupported claim that his handwriting has been identified. The article underpinning the piece in The Guardian cited here has been debunked as based on a misunderstanding of the C 81 record class in the National Archives. The claim rests on the idea that a slit in the record carried Chaucer's seal, but C 81 warrants never carry seals, while they all have the slit for filing (spiking) purposes. See http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/730765, p. 8032025-11-19T18:18:30Z<p>Removed the unsupported claim that his handwriting has been identified. The article underpinning the piece in The Guardian cited here has been debunked as based on a misunderstanding of the C 81 record class in the National Archives. The claim rests on the idea that a slit in the record carried Chaucer's seal, but C 81 warrants never carry seals, while they all have the slit for filing (spiking) purposes. See http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/730765, p. 803</p>
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