Abstract

This paper discusses the printed history of the Middle English romance The Lyfe of Ipomydon. First, I present a bibliographical description of the two extant fragmentary copies of the romance, and provide new information concerning the collation and watermarks of the Morgan fragment. Next, in the light of the orthographical relation between the printed texts and their manuscript exemplar, I suggest giving chronological precedence to the Morgan copy in contrast to the views of the Short Title Catalogue. Finally, after providing historical evidence for dating the editio princeps around 1520–1524, I conclude by reconstructing the ownership history of the Morgan copy.

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