Scottish alliterative poems in riming stanzas
By: edited with introduction, appendix, notes, and glossary, by F. J. Amours.
Contributors: Holland, Richard, Sir, fl. 1450.; Huchown, 14th century.
Series: Scottish text society.  [Publications. no. 27,38]
Publisher: W. Blackwood and sons
Published: 1897
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: enm; eng
Number of pages: 481
Subjects: Scottish poetry -- To 1700; Scots language -- To 1700 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Scotland -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry.
Other titles: Golagros and Gawane.; Rauf Coilyear.; Awatyrs of Arthure.; Pistill of Susan.
Notes: Published originally in two parts, 1892-1897.
The editor ascribes the "Awntyrs off Arthure" and the "Pistill of Susan" to Huchown of the Awle ryale; the ascription is disputed.
The Pistill of Susan is the story of Susanna as given in the Vulgate, Daniel, XIII.  The notes include the Vulgate text, and Wycliffe's version.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Knightly tale of Golagros and Gawane.; title: Buke of the Howlat [by] Sir Richard Holland] from the Asloan ms.; title: Rauf Collyear, from the ed. of 1572.; title: The Awntyrs off Arthure at the terne Wathelyn [2 texts: Douce ms. 324, Bodl, libr.; Thornton ins.]; title: The P'istill of Susan [Vernon ins.]; title: Appendix.  Pistill of Susan; four versions from ms. of the 15th century.; title: Notes.; title: Glossary.; title: Index of names.