Middle English Bibliography Entry

Sir Isumbras

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 1184
NIMEV 1184
DIMEV 1934
Manual 1.I.78
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
Lincoln, Cathedral Library 91 (Thornton) . (Pref. MS)
LALME: vol. 1. 98. "The hand of Robert Thornton."
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates 19.3.1 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 61 .
LALME: vol. 1. 145. "MS in one hand." LP 71. Leics.
Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College 175/96 .
LALME: vol. 1. 63. "MS in one hand." LP 512. Lincs.
London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.2, pt.1 .
London, Gray's Inn 20 .
Naples, Royal Library 13.B.29 .
Oxford, University College 142 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
The Thornton Romances, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Camden Society (Royal Historical Society) Publications 30 (1844).
C. D'Evelyn, "The Gray's Inn Fragment of Sir Ysumbras," Englische Studien 52 (1918).
E. Kölbing, "Das Neapler Fragment von Sir Isumbras," Englische Studien 3 (1880).
C. Brown, "A Passage from Sir Isumbras," Englische Studien 48 (1914-15).
MED title stencils and sources:
Thrn (Lincoln Cathedral 91)
  • c1440(a1350) Isumb. (Thrn) The Thornton Romances, ed. J. O. Halliwell, Camden Society (Royal Historical Society) Publications 30 (1844).88-120.
GrI 20
  • c1350 Isumb. (GrI 20) C. D'Evelyn, "The Gray's Inn Fragment of Sir Ysumbras," Englische Studien 52 (1918).73-76.
Naples 13.B.29
  • 1457 Isumb. (Naples 13.B.29) E. Kölbing, "Das Neapler Fragment von Sir Isumbras," Englische Studien 3 (1880).200-2.
UC 142
  • a1500 Isumb. (UC 142) C. Brown, "A Passage from Sir Isumbras," Englische Studien 48 (1914-15).329.
Variants taken from:
Sir Ysumbras, ed. G. Schleich, Palaestra : Untersuchungen und texte aus der deutschen und englischen philologie 15 (1901).fns.
  • a1500 (Adv 19.3.1)
  • c1500 (Ashm 61) Note: Dated a1500 in A-D and G-Sl of print MED; dated ?a1500 in E and F of print MED.
  • a1450(a1350) (Cai 175/96)
  • c1450(a1350) (Clg A.2)
  • c1350 (GrI 20:Schleich)
  • 1457 (Naples 13.B.29:Schleich)
Six Middle English Romances, ed. M. Mills (1973).fns. pp. 208-14.
  • c1500 (Ashm 61:Mills)
  • a1500 (Adv 19.3.1:Mills)

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