Matter of Britain Document
The Winchester Manuscript (BL Add MS 59678)
- Summary
- Found by W. F. Oakeshott in Winchester College library in 1934. Lacks Caxton's book and chapter divisions and is generally closer to Malory's own text. Vinaver's 1947 edition was the first to use it. Ink offsets show the manuscript sat in Caxton's own shop.
- Date
- written c. 1471-1483; rediscovered 1934
Worldviews
Malory's Fellowship and Its Fall
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH