The Bristol Merlin : Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment
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| Title: | The Bristol Merlin : Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Leah Tether, Laura Chuhan Campbell, Benjamin Pohl |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Arthurian romances--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, French--England--Bristol, French prose literature--To 1500--Translations into English |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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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| ISBN: | 9781641894142 9781802700688 9781641894159 |
