Life of Merlin Vita Merlini.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
Corporate Author:	University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies. Language and Literature Committee
Other Authors:	Clarke, Basil Fulford Lowther (ed, ed., Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Latin
Published:	Cardiff : University of Wales Press [for] the Language and Literature Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies, 1973 Cardiff, 1973 Cardiff : 1973 Cardiff : 1973
Subjects:	Merlin > (Legendary character) > Legends Merlin > (Legendary character) Merlin > Legends Merlin To 1066 Arthurian romances Britons > Legends Merlin (Legendary character) > Legends Merlin (Legendary character) Legends Prophecies Great Britain > History > To 1066 > Prophecies Great Britain Epic poetry in Latin, ca 750-1350 Latin-English parallel texts Cycles d'Arthur History

Table of Contents:

Introduction: proem
1. Celtic origins of the Vita Merlini
2. The twelfth century and Geoffrey's non-Celtic sources
3. Prophecy in Vita Merlini
4. Stories from the Celtic wild men
5. Geoffrey of Monmouth's life
6. Authorship
7. Date of Vita Merlini
8. Manuscripts and editions of Vita Merlini
Vita Merlini: Life of Merlin. Latin text facing English translation
Textual commentary
Name notes index
Appendix 1: Lailoken A and B tales: translations
Appendix 2: Afallennau: three narrative stanzas translated by Professor A.O.J. Jarman

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