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Lybeaus Desconus: Bibliography
Manuscripts Indicating Folio Placements of Lybeaus Desconus
London, British Library, MS Cotton Caligula A.ii, fols. 42vb–57rb (C)
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 61 (Bodleian 6922), fols. 38v–59v (A)
London, British Library, MS Additional 27879 (Percy Folio, 2:404; fols. 156v–171r) (P)
London, Lambeth Palace, MS 306, fols. 73r–107r (L)
London, Lincoln’s Inn, MS 150, fols. 1 and 4r–12v (LI)
Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, MS XIII.B.29, pp. 87–113 (N)
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