The Bristol Merlin

Zusammenfassung

The discovery of seven manuscript fragments of the Old French Suite Vulgate du Merlin in a set of early printed books in the Bristol Central Library hit global headlines in 2019. This book contains a comprehensive study of these fascinating Arthurian fragments.

Beginning with an extensive contextual history, the authors reveal details of the fragments’ origin, their importation to England, and their subsequent journey to a waste pile in a bookbinder’s workshop, where they would be incorporated into the bindings of a four-volume edition of the works of Jean Gerson in the early sixteenth century. A full enquiry into the provenance of these host volumes sets out the possible routes from the bookbinder’s workshop to their final home in Bristol Central Library.

Using multi-spectral imaging to read the damaged sections of text, the authors also provide a full edition and translation of the narrative contained in the fragments.

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Bibliographische Angaben

Auflage

1/2021

Copyrightjahr

2021

ISBN-Print

978-1-64189-414-2

ISBN-Online

978-1-64189-415-9

Verlag

Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire

Reihe

Medieval Media and Culture

Sprache

Englisch

Seiten

150

Produkttyp

Monographie