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The taill of Rauf Coilȝear
- Title
- The taill of Rauf Coilȝear / edited by Ralph Hanna ; The Scottish Text Society.
- Publication
- Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : A Scottish Text Society publication, published by the Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2019.
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 19-4584 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- x, 147 pages : facsimile; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The author of the fifteenth-century Older Scots romance of Rauf Coilzear may be unknown, but the popularity of this comic king-in-disguise tale is undisputed; it is cited by William Dunbar and Gavin Douglas at the turn of the century, and again in the mid-sixteenth century Complaynt of Scotland. The disguised king in this case is Charlemagne, and the hero a bluff collier called Ralph, who unwittingly plays host to him for one stormy night and teaches his bemused guest some rough lessons in his own version of courtesy. When Ralph is lured to court, the mistaken identities continue as he encounters the great Sir Roland and battles Saracens. Throughout, the scrappy hero maintains his dignity, as indeed does his king: both parties finish the tale immensely pleased with each other and with the bond they have forged. The text survives only in a 1572 print by Robert Lekpreuik (whose own career seems to have been only marginally less exciting than Rauf's: he printed it in St Andrews while attempting to evade imprisonment in Edinburgh, ultimately without success). It is edited here with an introduction and notes"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Scottish Text Society. Fifth series ; volume 16
- Uniform Title
- Tale of Ralph the Collier.
- Scot. Text S. ; 5th series,16.
- Alternative Title
- Taill of Rauf Coilzear
- Taill of Rauf Colliyear
- Taill of Rauf Coilsear
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Romances.
- Note
- Title contains Scots alphabetical letter "yogh", it looks like the number 3 or the letters z or y.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
- Includes bibliographical references, and index of proper names.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-4584
- ISBN
- 9781897976371
- 1897976372
- OCLC
- 1099705775
- 1099705775
- Title
- The taill of Rauf Coilȝear / edited by Ralph Hanna ; The Scottish Text Society.
- Publisher
- Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : A Scottish Text Society publication, published by the Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Scottish Text Society. Fifth series ; volume 16Scot. Text S. ; 5th series,16.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.Includes bibliographical references, and index of proper names.
- Added Author
- Hanna, Ralph, editor.Scottish Text Society, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-4584