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esque de T. et I. , Paris, 1902.
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Arnold, M. On the Study of Celtic Literature. 1867.
Bardoux, J. De Walterio Mappio. Paris, 1900.
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CHAPTERS XIII AND XIV
METRICAL ROMANCES I AND II
(See also bibliography to the Arthurian chapter. )
GENERAL COLLECTIONS AND AUTHORITIES.
See Körting's Grundriss; Schofield's English Literature from the Norman
Conquest to Chaucer, which devotes more attention to lais and romances than
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A Summary of the Literatures of Modern Europe (England, France, Ger-
many, Italy, Spain) from the Origins to 1400, by Marian Edwardes, one
of the most useful books of its kind in English, 1907.
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Auchinleck MS, The. A famous MS (14th cent. ), given to the Advocates'
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a Penniworth of Witte, the Lai le freine, Thrush and Nightingale,
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separate romances.
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and Blauncheflour, Robert of Cysille, Sir Isumbras, Sir Triamour,
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