This page supplies links and bibliographic references to online and printed images of manuscripts of Piers Plowman. Manuscripts are listed in alphabetical order by location and shelfmark. Sigla are those of the Piers Plowman Electronic Archive.

I aim to list all full facsimiles. For manuscripts not yet reproduced in full in a publicly distributed facsimile, I note representative images of individual leaves. In such cases preference is given to IIIF sources and digital reproductions served out by the holding institution. Web sources are linked directly. For printed sources, links are to bibliographic details hosted on Zotero. Illustrations published in The Yearbook of Langland Studies are referenced by volume and page.

Corrections and additions are welcome.

Note: The British Library’s collection of digitised manuscripts went offline in October 2023 as a consequence of a cyberattack. For manuscripts previously imaged in BL Digitised Manuscripts and not yet restored, this site links to interim catalog records; images are recorded as “unavailable.”

Note: Late Medieval English Scribes went offline in July 2026. This site now links to archived snapshots, where available. The archived snapshots are of descriptions only: no page images.

Manuscripts

• Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 733B (N): National Library of Wales (entire)
• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Additional 4325 (Q): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Dd.1.17 (C): Middle English Scribes (description only); Benson and Blanchfield 1997 (fol. 5r)
• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Dd.3.13 (Gc): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.5.35 (Fc): Middle English Scribes (description only); Wood 2022, p. 62 (fol. 116v)
• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Gg.4.31 (G): PPEA (entire)
• Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.4.14 (C2): YLS 8, p. 68 (fol. 36v); Benson and Blanchfield 1997 (fol. 59r)
• Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 293 (Sc): Parker Library on the Web (entire)
• Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 669/646 (Ca): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• Cambridge, Newnham College, MS 4 (Y): Middle English Scribes (description only); Benson and Blanchfield 1997 (fol. 35r)
• Cambridge, Pembroke College, MS 312 frag. C/6 (Pa): None found
• Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.17 (W): PPEA (entire); Wren Digital Library (entire); Matsushita 2010 (entire)
• Cambridge, Trinity College, MS R.3.14 (T): Wren Digital Library (entire)
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 212 (D.4.1) (Vc): Scattergood 2021, plate 4 (fol. 89v); Kane 1965, plates I, II (i-ii) (fol. 88v-89v)
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 213 (D.4.12) (E): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• Liverpool, University Library, MS F.4.8 (Ch): Liverpool University (entire)
• London, British Library, MS Additional 10574 (Bm): Benson and Blanchfield 1997 (fol. 60v)
• London, British Library, MS Additional 34779 (P2): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• London, British Library, MS Additional 35157 (Uc): BL interim catalogue (unavailable)
• London, British Library, MS Additional 35287 (M): PPEA (entire)
• London, British Library, MS Cotton Caligula A.xi (Cot): Benson and Blanchfield 1997 (fol. 209r); YLS 24, p. 65 (fol. 180r)
• London, British Library, MS Cotton Vespasian B.xvi (Mc): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• London, British Library, MS Harley 2376 (Nc): BL interim catalogue (unavailable)
• London, British Library, MS Harley 3954 (H): BL Digitised Manuscripts (entire)
• London, British Library, MS Harley 6041 (H2): BL interim catalogue (unavailable)
• London, British Library, MS Harley 875 (Ha): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• London, British Library, MS Lansdowne 398 and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson Poetry 38 (R): PPEA (entire)
• London, British Library, MS Royal 18.B.xvii (Rc): None found
• London, British Library, MS Sloane 2578 (Sb): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• London, Lincoln's Inn Library, MS Hale 150 (La): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• London, Society of Antiquaries, MS 687 (Ma): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• London, University of London Library, MS S.L. V.17 (Ac): Bloomsbury Medieval Studies (entire)
• London, University of London Library, MS S.L. V.88 (I): Kerby-Fulton et al. 2012, p. 69 (fol. 25v)
• New Haven, Beinecke Library, MS Osborn fa45 (Hc): Yale University Digital Collections (entire)
• New Haven, Beinecke Library, MS Takamiya 23 (S): Yale University Digital Collections (entire)
• New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M 818 (J): None found
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1468 (A): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 814 (Bo): Middle English Scribes (description only); Benson and Blanchfield 1997 (fol. 37r)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 851 (Z): Digital Bodleian (entire); Brewer and Rigg 1994 (fols 124r-140v); Matsushita 2008 (fols 124r-140v)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Digby 102 (Yc): YLS 24, p. 93 (fol. 9v); Middle English Scribes (description only); Digital Bodleian (fol. 11v); Wakelin 2018, p. 143 (fol. 53v)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Digby 145 (K): Digital Bodleian (entire)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Digby 171 (Kc): Digital Bodleian (entire)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 104 (Dc): Pearsall and Scott 1992 (entire); Digital Bodleian (entire)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 323 (D): Digital Bodleian (fol. 140r); Middle English Scribes (description only)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet. a. 1 (V): Digital Bodleian (entire); Doyle 1987 (entire); Scase 2011 (entire)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS James 2, part 1 (Jb): None found
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 656 (Ec): None found
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud misc. 581 (L): PPEA (entire)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawl. poet. 137 (Ra): Digital Bodleian (entire)
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Wood donat. 7 (Wb): None found
• Oxford, Corpus Christi College, MS 201 (F): PPEA (entire); Digital Bodleian (entire)
• Oxford, Oriel College, MS 79 (O): PPEA (entire)
• Oxford, University College, MS 45 (U): Middle English Scribes (description only)
• San Marino, Huntington Library, MS HM 114 (Ht): Huntington Digital Library (entire)
• San Marino, Huntington Library, MS HM 128 (Hm, Hm2): PPEA (entire); Huntington Digital Library (entire)
• San Marino, Huntington Library, MS HM 137 (P): Huntington Digital Library (entire)
• San Marino, Huntington Library, MS HM 143 (X): Huntington Digital Library (entire); Chambers 1936 (entire); Matsushita 2010 (entire)
• unknown, olim the Duke of Westminster's manuscript (Wa): None found