The Arthurian Texts of the Percy Folio

Gillian Rogers was formerly the English Faculty Librarian in the University of Cambridge. She has published articles on the Percy Folio MS, Golagros and Gawain, The Grene Knyght, and contributed the chapter on 'Folk Romance' in The Arthur of the English (ed. W. R. J. Barron, University of Wales Press 1999).

John Withrington is an independent scholar specialising in Arthurian literature. He is the author of many articles and chapters on this topic.

INTRODUCTION

The Manuscript
Discovery of the Manuscript
Contents and Date
The Scribe/Compiler at work
The Scribe/Compiler: background and identity
The Scribe/Compiler: sources and composition
Percy's Annotations

The Arthurian texts in the Percy Folio
Assembling the Reliques
'This vague and indiscriminating name'
A Matter of Taste
'This Tale Grew in the Telling'
Conclusion

The Arthurian background
King Arthur as an Historical Figure
Enlisting the Arthurian Legend
The Arthurian Legend in Literature and Prophecy
Percy and the Arthurian Legend

Previous editions and methodology adopted for this edition

Appendix and Endnotes

THE TEXTS

King Arthur and King Cornwall
Sir Lancelott of Dulake
The Turke & Gowin
The Marriage of Sir Gawaine
Sir Lambewell
Merline
Kinge Arthurs Death
The Grene Knyght
Boy and Mantle
Libius Disconius
Carle off Carlile

Bibliography