Richard III's Books: A Collection of Romances and Old Testament Stories: 4 'Palamon and Arcite' and 'Griselda' by Geoffrey Chaucer/5 The Collection and its Purp

Author / Editor
Sutton, Anne F.,and Livia Visser-Fuchs.

Title
Richard III's Books: A Collection of Romances and Old Testament Stories: 4 'Palamon and Arcite' and 'Griselda' by Geoffrey Chaucer/5 The Collection and its Purp

Published
Ricardian 7 (June 1987): 421-32.

Description
Describes an anthology (now Longleat MS 257, fifteenth century) owned by Richard, duke of Gloucester, which contains KnT and ClT, Lydgate's "Siege of Thebes," "Ipomedon," and Old Testament stories--all emphasizing the concepts of order and loyalty.

Contributor
Visser-Fuchs, Livia.

Chaucer Subjects
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.