"Willem's Poem Van den vos Reinaerde : and the Rework and Continuation of Reinaert's History Edited and Explained". An edition of the Dutch version of Reynard the Fox [Reinaert I], with notes on the manuscripts, a transcription of the poem, and a glossary.

The poem van den vos Reinaerde has survived in its original version (hereinafter referred to as Reinaert I) in only one manuscript, the later revision and continuation (Reinaert II, actually Reinaerts historie) in one manuscript in its entirety, in another and in a print from the 15th century in fragments. In addition, there is a Latin translation of the original work as further aids for the production of the texts and, for the revision, a prose solution and a translation into Low German, by Reinke Vos. I give a more detailed description of these aids under the following small letters, which have also been used in the readings to designate them. ... For my edition I have compared 'a' [Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod. poet. et phil. 2° 22] as well as the two manuscripts of the revision 'b' and 'c' myself and in full. - [Author]

Language: German