The Romances of Kyng Alisander, c.1350.

This material is held atUniversity of St Andrews Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 227 msPR2065.A15
  • Dates of Creation
    • c.1350
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume, 2ff

Scope and Content

Two fragments of The Romances of Kyng Alisander.

Comprising approximately 150 lines from the Auchinleck Ms [National Library of Scotland, Advocates' MS 19.2.1]. Line illumination in red and blue. The rest disappeared before 1750.

Administrative / Biographical History

Unknown. Possibly same author as the romances of Richard de Coeur

Arrangement

Single item

Access Information

By appointment with the Keeper of Manuscripts. Access to records containing confidential information may be restricted.

Note

Call number used to be ms1400, ms1401

Other Finding Aids

Individual Manuscripts and Small Collections database available as part of Manuscripts Database.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Mounted within blue folder. Vellum: each 30.5x6.5cm approx.

Archivist's Note

Description compiled by Maia Sheridan, Archives Hub project archivist, based on material from the Manuscripts Database

Conditions Governing Use

Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Keeper of Manuscripts. Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.

Accruals

None

Bibliography

For details of the recovery of the ms fragment see Medium Aevum XVIII, 1949. For the relationship of this fragment to the original see SpeculumXLVII, 1972.