Octovian: Edited from Lincoln, Dean and Chapter Library, MS 91 and Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.2.38

Author / Editor
McSparran, Frances, ed.

Title
Octovian: Edited from Lincoln, Dean and Chapter Library, MS 91 and Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.2.38

Published
London: Oxford University Press, 1986.

Series
EETS, vol. 289.

Description
This edition of the northern version of the Middle English romance "Octovian" complements the editor's earlier edition of the southern version in the MET series (Heidelberg, 1979) and includes a full introduction, apparatus, notes, and glossary. The Thornton (L) and Cambridge (C) MSS are printed as parallel texts, while the fragmentary quarto edition (H) printed by Wynkyn de Worde, ca. 1504-06 (STC 18779), is added as an appendix.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.