The Old English Version of Partonope of Blois: Ed. for the First Time from Manuscripts in University College Library, and the Bodleian, at Oxford

The Old English Version Of Partonope Of Blois: Ed. For The First Time From Manuscripts In University College Library, And The Bodleian, At Oxford by William Edward Buckley. The Roxburghe Club edition (1862) prints the Old English translation of Partonope de Blois from three manuscripts held at University College, Oxford and the Bodleian Library, with an Introduction detailing manuscript history, dating estimates, and the literary context surrounding the work. Buckley discusses the manuscript evidence (including an Oxford College MS, a New College fragment, and a Bodleian Rawlinson manuscript), the age fixed between 1430 and 1450, and the project of reconstructing a longer lost text. The Introduction surveys the origins of Partonope, tracing influences from Provencal romance, Cupid and Psyche, and Greek and Milesian myth; it also debates whether the tale belongs to the Arthurian or Carolingian cycles, or stands independently. The volume includes a substantial Catalogue of Editions and an Appendix with additional manuscript material.