Eugene Barnes and David Dougherty manuscript
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a typed, annotated, and edited manuscript of Le Galien de Cheltenham.
Dates
- 1981
Creator
- Dougherty, David M. (Person)
- Barnes, Eugene B. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Eugene Barnes and David Dougherty edited Le Galien de Cheltenham, an examination of a poem written in medieval French. This book received some unfavorable reviews regarding inaccuracies with Barnes' and Dougherty's Old French translations.
The edited work was based on an original volume of medieval poetry, Le geste de Garin de Monglane, also known as the Cheltenham Manuscript. The manuscript was purchased in 1861 by Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872). Le geste was number 26,092 of his collection at Cheltenham. The collection was dispersed over many decades, and much of it went to European national collections, and some came to the U.S.
Le geste was later purchased by the University of Oregon. It contains 458 leaves, 229 vellum folios, and is written in Old French lettres bâtardes, with capitals in gold and colors. It was bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, a noted London firm established in 1901 that continues to this day as SSZ Ltd.
The text is a medieval epic poem, containing five segments of the cycle of Guillaume d'Orange.
[Source: Kibler, William W. (1983). Review of the book: Le Galien de Cheltenham, edited by David M. Dougherty and Eugene B. Barnes.” Speculum. 58: 4, 1033-1035. Medieval Academy of America. ]
Extent
0.25 linear feet (4 containers) : 4 folders
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Eugene Barnes and David Dougherty published an edited work based on an original volume of medieval poetry, Le geste de Garin de Monglane, also known as the Cheltenham Manuscript. The collection consists of a typed, annotated, and edited manuscript of their work, Le Galien de Cheltenham.
Existence and Location of Copies
Copies of Barnes and Dougherty’s published work are available in the Knight library circulating collection, and also in Special Collections.
Physical Description
1 half manuscript box.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Tanya Parlet.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents.
- Arts and Humanities Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Chansons de geste -- History and criticism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Editors -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Epic poetry Subject Source: Local sources
- Epic poetry, French -- History and criticism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- French poetry -- To 1500 -- History and criticism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Manuscripts for publication Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Eugene Barnes and David Dougherty manuscript
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
