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Appendix 1 - Chronology of Primary Texts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2019

Laura Chuhan Campbell
Laura Chuhan Campbell
Affiliation:
School of Modern Languages and Cultures Durham University
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The texts discussed in this book are denoted in bold.

c. 1123–39: Historia regum Britanniae, Geoffrey of Monmouth, England

c. 1155: Roman de Brut, Robert Wace, northern France

c. 1160s–80s: The Arthurian romances of Chrétien de Troyes, northern France

c. 1200: Grail Trilogy in verse (including the Merlin), Robert de Boron, eastern France[?]

c. 1215–20: The Vulgate Cycle (including the Estoire de Merlin, the prose translation and continuation of Robert de Boron's Merlin), anonymous, France

c. 1215–35: Le roman de Tristan en prose, anonymous, France

c. 1235–40: La Suite du Merlin, anonymous, France

c. 1260–66: Li Livres dou Tresor, Brunetto Latini, France

c. 1270–74: Le Roman du roi Artus, Rustichello da Pisa, Pisa

c. 1279: Les Prophecies de Merlin, ‘Maistre Richart d'irlande’, Venice

c. 1280–1300: Il Novellino, anonymous, Florence

c. 1283–88: Cronica, Salimbene di Adam, Reggio Emilia

End of 13th century: Tristano Riccardiano, anonymous, Tuscany

1308–20: La Divina Commedia, Dante Alighieri, Florence

After 1320: Cronica delle cose d'italia dall'anno 1080 fino all'anno 1305, Paulino Pieri, Florence

1324–30: La Storia di Merlino, Paulino Pieri, Florence

Early 14th century: Tristano panciatichiano, anonymous, western Tuscany

Early 14th century: Tristano veneto, anonymous, Venice

Early 14th century: La Tavola Ritonda, anonymous, Tuscany

1452: Lo libero dello savio Merlin profecta, Jachomo de Çuane Barbier, Venice

1480: La Historia di Merlino, divisa in VI libri, printed by Luca Venitiano, Venice

1483: Orlando innamorato, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Ferrara

1498: Histoire de la vie, miracles, enchentements et prophecies de Merlin, printed by Antoine Vérard, Paris

1516: Orlando furioso, Ludovico Ariosto, Ferrara

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The Medieval Merlin Tradition in France and Italy
Prophecy, Paradox, and Translatio
 , pp. 179 - 180
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2017

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