Middle English Bibliography Entry

Libeaus Desconus

Entry Info

External References:
IMEV 1690
NIMEV 1690
DIMEV 2824
Manual 1.I.38
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:
London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A.2, pt.1 .
London, Lambeth Palace Library 306 .
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 61 .
LALME: vol. 1. 145. LP 71. Leics.
London, Lincoln's Inn, Hale 150 .
LALME: vol. 1. 118. "MS in one hand." LP 4037. Salop.
Naples, Royal Library 13.B.29 .
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:
Lybeaus Desconus, ed. M. Mills, Early English Text Society, Original Series 261 (1969).
Ancient English Metrical Romances, ed. J. Ritson, vol. 1 (1802).
Libeaus Desconus, ed. M. Kaluza, Altenglische Bibliothek 5 (1890).
MED title stencils and sources:
Clg A.2
  • c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2) Lybeaus Desconus, ed. M. Mills, Early English Text Society, Original Series 261 (1969).even pp. 74-204. Note: In A-L cited with stencil a1500 LibeausClg A.2 from Libeaus Desconus, ed. M. Kaluza, Altenglische Bibliothek 5 (1890).fns. though some quotations with this stencil may have been taken from Ritson's edition when full context was needed. Re-dated from a1500 to the more precise c1450 June 2019. Hanna and Lawton (EETS 320) date the MS more precisely still to a1475.
  • c1450 Libeaus (Clg A.2:Ritson) Ancient English Metrical Romances, ed. J. Ritson, vol. 1 (1802).1-90. Note: May also be quoted from the revised edition of Ritson, Ancient English Metrical Romances, rev. E. Goldsmid, vol. 2 [bound as latter half of vol. 1] (1884).37-98. Re-dated from a1500 to the more precise c1450 June 2019. Hanna and Lawton (EETS 320) date the MS more precisely still to a1475.
  • See also Variants below.
Ashm 61
  • c1500 Libeaus (Ashm 61) Lybeaus Desconus, ed. M. Mills, Early English Text Society, Original Series 261 (1969).app. pp. 272-85; 268-89, passim. Note: Dated a1500 in A-D and G-Sl of print MED; dated ?a1500 in E and F of print MED; in A-L the stencil refers to Libeaus Desconus, ed. M. Kaluza, Altenglische Bibliothek 5 (1890).fns.
Kaluza (critical edition based chiefly on LinI 150 and Clg A.2)
  • a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza) Libeaus Desconus, ed. M. Kaluza, Altenglische Bibliothek 5 (1890). Note: Preferred source in A-L of MED.
Lamb 306
  • a1500(a1400) Libeaus (Lamb 306) Lybeaus Desconus, ed. M. Mills, Early English Text Society, Original Series 261 (1969).odd pp. 75-205. Note: In A-L cited with stencil a1500 LibeausLamb 306 from Libeaus Desconus, ed. M. Kaluza, Altenglische Bibliothek 5 (1890).fns.
  • See also Variants below.
LinI 150
  • a1425 Libeaus (LinI 150) Lybeaus Desconus, ed. M. Mills, Early English Text Society, Original Series 261 (1969).app. pp. 272-75; 285-86, vrr. and occasional lines. Note: In A-L of print MED the stencil refers to Libeaus Desconus, ed. M. Kaluza, Altenglische Bibliothek 5 (1890).fns.
  • a1425 Libeaus (LinI 150:Kaluza) Libeaus Desconus, ed. M. Kaluza, Altenglische Bibliothek 5 (1890).fns.
  • See also Variants below.
Naples 13.B.29
  • 1457 Libeaus (Naples 13.B.29) Lybeaus Desconus, ed. M. Mills, Early English Text Society, Original Series 261 (1969).app. pp. 273-85; 289-91, vrr. and occasional lines. Note: In A-L of print MED the stencil refers to Libeaus Desconus, ed. M. Kaluza, Altenglische Bibliothek 5 (1890).fns.
  • See also Variants below.

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