The Bristol Merlin

Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80270-068-8
Verlag: ARC Humanities Press

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Reihe: Medieval Media and Culture

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tether, Leah

Chuhan Campbell, Laura

Pohl, Benjamin

Weitere Mitwirkende

Richardson, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of figures and plates
Introduction
Section 1: Context
1. Codicological and Palaeographic Analysis
2. Bindings
3. Provenance
4. Redaction, Language and Localization
Section 2: Text
1. Principles of Edition and Translation
2. Edition and Translation
Appendix: Table of concordance
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richardson, Michael
Michael Richardson is Special Collections Librarian at the University of Bristol.

Chuhan Campbell, Laura
Laura Chuhan Campbell is at Durham University.

Pohl, Benjamin
Benjamin Pohl is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Bristol.

Tether, Leah
Leah Tether is Professor of Medieval Literature and Publishing at the University of Bristol.