The Bristol Merlin: Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment

Leah Tether (Professor of Medieval Literature and Publishing, University of Bristol),Laura Chuhan Campbell (Assistant Professor (Teaching) in French, Durham University),Benjamin Pohl (Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Bristol)

The Bristol Merlin: Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Arc Humanities Press
Country
United States
Published
31 July 2021
Pages
150
ISBN
9781641894142

The Bristol Merlin: Revealing the Secrets of a Medieval Fragment

Leah Tether (Professor of Medieval Literature and Publishing, University of Bristol),Laura Chuhan Campbell (Assistant Professor (Teaching) in French, Durham University),Benjamin Pohl (Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Bristol)

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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