Brepols’ multiple-volume series The Lancelot Prose of Yale
229 includes illustrated text editions of l’Agrauains, La
Queste del Saint Graal, and La Mort le Roi Artu, along with a
collection of essays based on the thirteenth-century manuscript,
Yale 229, housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
at Yale University. An additional collection of essays, a guide to
the decoration of the manuscript, and a searchable corpus text are
projected for the series.
Table of contents:
Lynn T. Ramey, ‘Images of Rebellion: the Social and
Political Context of the Images of Yale 229’s La Mort le Roi
Artus’; Ronald E. Pepin, ‘Walter Map and Yale MS
229’; Nancy B. Black, ‘Mapping Time and Space in the
Arthurian Landscape of Yale 229’; Joan E. McRae and William
Nelles, ‘Text and Context: The Production of Images in Yale
MS 229’; Virginie Greene, ‘The Style of the Scribe: A
Comparison between Yale 229 and Frappier's Manuscript, Arsenal
3347’; R. Howard Bloch, ‘The Animals in the Margins of
Yale 229’; Stacey L. Hahn, ‘The Enigmatic Contours of
the Bed in Yale 229’; Walter A. Blue, ‘A Reflection on
the Inexorable Working of Fate in Yale MS 229’; Elizabeth
Moore Willingham, ‘The Gaze of the Beholder: Yale 229 and the
Medieval World View’
"L'index (...) est très utile car bien plus qu'un simple liste de noms, il offre pour chaque personnage ou lieu un commentaire fourni et des analyses littéraires." (Michellle Szkilnik, dans: Le Moyen Âge, CXXI, 2015, p. 254-258)