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The Early English Versions of the Gesta Romanorum

by Sidney Sidney John Hervon Herrtage & Sidney John Hervon Herrtage

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, ENM
  • Content type: Primary source
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xxxi pages, 1 leaf, 563, [1] pages, 1 leaf : 22 cm "Formerly edited by Sir Frederic Madden for the Roxburghe Club, and now re-edited from the MSS. in British Museum (Harl. 7333 & Addit. 9066) and University Library, Cambridge (Kk. 1-6)." "The Gesta Romanorum in its original form is a collection of fictitious narratives in Latin ..."--Page viii Includes index Introduction -- Comparative table of MSS. -- Text no. I (70 stories from MS. Harl. 7333, with second versions from MS. Addit. 9066) -- Text no. II (66 stories from MS. Addit. 9066, with second versions from MS. Camb. Kk 1.6) -- Text no. III (8 stories from W. de Worde's edition) -- Notes and illustrations -- Appendix (Short notices of stories not found in the English versions) -- Glossary -- Index to tales in the English MSS Includes bibliographical references and index

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

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EETS extra series #33; London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner and Co., 1879

1879London : Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner & Co.; London, Pub. for the early Englih text society, by N. Trübner & co.; Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Tru bner & Co.English, ENM—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Oxford University
  • Contributing institution: unknown library
  • Contributors: Madden, Frederic
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Editors: Herrtage, Sidney J. H. (Sidney John Hervon)
  • Scanner: google
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR1972 .G54 H4
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: EETS extra series #33; London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner and Co., 1879
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