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The French Metrical Versions of Barlaam and Josaphat by E. C. Armstrong

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0568
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 4 boxes
  • 2.2 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); The French Metrical Versions of Barlaam and Josaphat, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1899-1922 (inclusive)
Creator:
Armstrong, E. C. (Edward Cooke), 1871-1944
Form:
Manuscripts.
Abstract:
Consists of notes and the typescript of American philologist E. C. Armstrong's monograph The French Metrical Versions of Barlaam and Josaphat.

Armstrong, E. C. (Edward Cooke), 1871-1944

E. C. Armstrong was an American Romance philologist and educator.

The collection consists of notes and the typescript of Armstrong's monograph The French Metrical Versions of Barlaam and Josaphat, No. 10 of the Elliot Monographs in the Romance Languages and Literatures, in which two of the three 13th-century French poetic versions of the medieval religious romance are studied, one by Gui de Cambrai and one anonymous.

Published under same title (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1922)

No acquistion information is currently available for this collection.

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '15 in 2013.

No appraisal information is available.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Photographs of Manuscripts Containing Symbols and Vocabulary, undated. 6 folders.
Scope and Contents

Each folder contains a copy of photographs, copy A-E. Folder 1 also contains related notes on photographs.

Physical Description

6 folders

Photographs of Prose from Barlaam and Josaphat, circa 1921. 5 folders.
Scope and Contents

First photograph contains inscription on back: "Lyon 867"

Physical Description

5 folders

Negatives: Images of Manuscripts, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes one glass-plate negative: please be careful as this is fragile.

Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Autograph Notes, 1918-1921. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Typed Transcriptions of Latin Text for "Joan. Damasceni Historia", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Typed Transcriptions of French Text of Barlaam and Josaphat, undated. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Bound Type Copy: 65.3.13-73.4.22, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bound Copy of The French Metrical Versions of Barlaam and Josaphat, 1922. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Note Cards and Envelopes Containing Notes, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Barlaam and Josaphat des Gui von Cambrai, 1899. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Type Copy: 73.4.23-84.4.14, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Barlaam und Josaphat: Eine Bibliographisch-Literargeschichliche Studie, 1893. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Notice Sur le Livre de Barlaam et Joasaph par H. Zotenberg, 1886. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Volume of Autograph Transcriptions of Text with Accompanying Notes, undated. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Photographs of Barlaam and Josaphat Text, undated. 2 folders.
Physical Description

2 folders

Large Glass-Plate Negative of Barlaam and Josaphat Text, undated. 1 folder.
General

Please be very careful as the glass-plate negative is fragile.

Physical Description

1 folder

Note Cards on Vocabulary and Spellings in Barlaam and Josaphat, circa 1922. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Included are 3 small boxes, 1 medium box, and 1 wooden tray of autograph notes.

Physical Description

1 box

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