Help: The Go to... panel

The Go to... panel lets you go directly to a page or image by typing in a page number, or tale/group name and line number. You will see this screen either because you have tried to run a search which the Go to... did not recognize, or you have pressed the icon in the Go to... panel

Using the Go to... panel to find a page

If you want to go straight to an image of the first page of the manuscript, folio 2r ('r' is for recto, or right) you could do it as follows:

The reader will then place the image of this page in the lower window, as below.

The reader will recognize page numbers in the form '2r', '2R', '100v', '100V', etc. Do NOT put a space between the number and the 'r' or 'v'. Hengwrt runs from folio 2r to 249v: thus the reader will recognize any number in that range.

Using the Go to... panel to find a tale and line

Usually, you do NOT know the page you want to go to. You want to look at the text of a particular line in a particular section.

You can use the Go to... facility to go just to the section of text you want. Suppose you want to go to line 1918 of the Knights Tale. You can go there in any one of three ways:

Try typing each of these in turn into the text field in the Go to... panel. In each case, you should be taken to folio 37r of the manuscript, containing the text of the Knight's Tale lines 1913-1952.

The syntax of the Go to... is as follows:

Thus: 'GP 1', or 'A 1', or 'I 1' (not 'GP1', 'A1', 'I1'). See the 'Table of correspondences' below for a summary of how each of the three systems labels each section of the Tales.

Alternatively, if you just want to go to the beginning of a particular tale, just type in the name by which the Tale is usually known: Miller to see the Miller's Tale, Wife for the Wife of Bath's Prologue, Pardoner for the Pardoner's Tale, etc.

Table of correspondences: how each section is labelled by the three systems

In this table, we give first the usual name given to the Tale or Link, the folios it occupies in Hengwrt, and then its name and line-range in each of the three lineation systems supported.

Usual NameFoliosCTP lineationGroup (Traditional) LineationFragment (Riverside) Lineation
Id.LinesId.LinesId.Lines
Structural Section I
General Prologue1-12vGP1-858A1-858I1-858
The Knight's Tale12v-41rKT1-2244A859-3108I859-3108
Link 1 (The Miller's Prologue)41r-42rL11-76A3109-3186I3109-3186
The Miller's Tale42r-50vMI1-666A3187-3854I3187-3854
Link 2 (The Reeve's Prologue)50v-51rL21-66A3855-3920I3855-3920
The Reeve's Tale51r-56vRE1-404A3921-4324I3921-4324
Link 3 (The Cook's Prologue)56v-57rL31-40A4325-4364I4325-4364
The Cook's Tale57r-57vCO1-58A4365-4422I4365-4422
Structural Section II
The Wife of Bath's Prologue58r-68rWBP1-830D1-856III1-856
The Wife of Bath's Tale68v-73vWBT831-1237D857-1264III857-1264
Link 10 (The Friar's Prologue)73v-74rL101-36D1265-1300III1265-1300
The Friar's Tale74r-78vFR1-364D1301-1664III1301-1664
Link 11 (The Summoner's Prologue)78v-79rL111-44D1665-1708III1665-1708
The Summoner's Tale79v-86vSU1-586D1709-2294III1709-2294
Structural Section III
Link 29 (The Monk's Prologue)88r-89rL291-102B23079-3180VII1889-1990
The Monk's Tale89r-98vMO1-768B23181-3956VII1991-2766
Link 30 (The Nun's Priest's Prologue)99rL301-34B23957-4010VII2777-2820
The Nun's Priest's Tale99v-107rNP1-626B24011-4636VII2821-3446
Link 36 (The Manciple's Prologue)107r-108vL111-104H1-104IX1-104
The Manciple's Tale108v-111vMA105-258H105-362IX105-362
Structural Section IV
Link 7(The Man of Law's Prologue)112r-113rL71-98B11-98II1-98
The Man of Law's Tale113r-128rML1-1064B199-1162II99-1162
The Squire's Tale129r-137vSQ1-664F9-672V9-672
Link 20 (Hengwrt: Squire/Merchant Link)137vL201-36F673-708V673-708
The Merchant's Tale137v-152vME1-1174E1245-2418IV1245-2418
Link 17 (Hengwrt: Merchant/Franklin Link)153r-153vL171-30E2419-2440IV2419-2440
F1-8V1-8
The Franklin's Tale153v-165rFK1-908F709-1624V709-1624
The Nun's Tale165v-173rNU1-553G1-553VIII1-553
The Clerk's Tale173v-190vCL1-1176E1-1176IV1-1176
Link 13 (Lenvoy de Chaucer)190v-191rL131-36E1177-1212IV1177-1212
Link 14 (The Host Stanza)191rL141-7E1212a-1212gIV1212a-1212g
The Physician's Tale191v-195rPH1-286C1-286VI1-286
Link 21 (Physician/Pardoner Link)195r-195vL211-40C287-328VI287-328
The Pardoner's Tale195v-203vPD1-640C329-968VI329-968
The Shipman's Tale204r-209rSH1-434B21195-1624VII1-434
Link 24 (Shipman/Prioress Link)209v-210rL241-35B21625-1642VII435-452
The Prioress's Tale209v-213rPR1-238B21643-1880VII453-690
Link 25 (Prologue to Thopas)213r-213vL251-21B21881-1901VII691-711
The Tale of Thopas213r-215rTT1-206B21902-2108VII712-918
Link 28 (Thopas/ Melibee Link)215r-216rL281-48B22109-2156VII919-966
The Tale of Melibee216r-234vTM1-918B22157-3077VII967-1887
Structural Section V
Link 37(The Parson's Prologue)235r-235vL371-74I1-74X1-74
The Parson's Tale236r-250vPA1-477I75-551X75-551