Anonymous, Anonymous Verse Bruts: Munich Brut

Jean Blacker (Kenyon College)

Ed. by Matthew Siôn Lampitt, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.01: French Writing and Culture: Old French to the Middle Ages , 500-1400.
Vol. editors: Marianne Ailes (University of Bristol), Matthew Siôn Lampitt (University of Bristol), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

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First circulation or publication c. 1200 - c. 1250

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England (Country of Origin)

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The second-longest anonymous verse

Brut

, the Munich

Brut

(Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek C. Gall. 29; hereafter

), is the only Continental fragment other than the very short Bekker fragment (see note 1); in her edition, Patricia Grout (1980) has lengthy discussions of the language of the manuscript, including a chapter on the language of the author (118–34) as well as one on the language of the scribe (135–40), concluding that both the author’s and the scribe’s language shows Northern French or North-Eastern influence, concurring with Bell on his assessment of Picard-Walloon (Bell 1939, 327). As noted by Grout, the Munich

Brut

is a “substantial” fragment, 4180 lines corresponding to Geoffrey’s chapters 5–32, from the description of Britain to the point where…

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Citation: Blacker, Jean. "Anonymous Verse Bruts: Munich Brut". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 April 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41552, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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