Bristol Merlin

Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment

AvLeah Tether,Laura Chuhan Campbell

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-07-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:368 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Medieval Media and Culture
Antal sidor:150
Förlag:Arc Humanities Press
ISBN:9781641894142

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Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Dramatik inom Skönlitteratur
Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Leah Tether is Professor of Medieval Literature and Publishing at the University of Bristol. Laura Chuhan Campbell is at Durham University. Benjamin Pohl is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Bristol. Michael Richardson is Special Collections Librarian at the University of Bristol.

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The strength of this volume’s contribution is precisely in the way that the Bristol Merlin project adopts the varied perspectives of all these specialists in order to combine their many insights into a “holistic approach” (p. 3) to the fragments’ content and context....[T]he authors have produced a great deal of information about the Bristol fragments and the study is indeed a welcome example of the potential of collaborative research in the humanities.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsList of figures and platesIntroductionSection 1: Context1. Codicological and Palaeographic Analysis2. Bindings3. Provenance4. Redaction, Language and LocalizationSection 2: Text1. Principles of Edition and Translation2. Edition and TranslationAppendix: Table of concordanceBibliographyIndex