The Bristol Merlin : : Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment / / Leah Tether, Laura Chuhan Campbell, Benjamin Pohl.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Tether, Leah,; Chuhan Campbell, Laura,; Pohl, Benjamin,
• MitwirkendeR: Richardson, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval Media Cultures
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (152 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- SECTION 1. CONTEXT -- Chapter 1. Codicological and Palaeographic Analysis -- Chapter 2. Bindings -- Chapter 3. Provenance -- Chapter 4. Redaction, Language, and Localization -- Conclusion -- SECTION 2. TEXT -- 1. Principles of Edition and Translation -- 2. Edition and Translation -- Plates: Images of Fragments -- Bibliography -- Index