Helena
Subtitle: Griseldis. En Doctors Datter
By: Udg. af R. Paulli
Series: Danske Folkebøger fra 16. og 17 århundrede -- 8. Bd.; Danske Folkebøger fra 16. og 17 århundrede -- 8. Bd.
Publisher: [Gyldendal]
Published: 1920
Place of publication: København]
Language: dan
Number of pages: 250
Other titles: Griselda. Danish.; Doctors Datter.
Work titles: Belle Hélène (Romance). Danish
Notes: "Helena" is reprinted (with reproduction of t.p.) from 1677 København edition; "Griseldis" (with reproduction of t.-p.) from Lübeck 1592 edition; "En Doctors Datter" is reprinted from Codex Grensholmensis in Stiftsbiblioteket in Linköping.

Both "Griseldis" and "En Doctors Datter" are purported to have come into the Danish from earlier sources through the versions in Boccaccio's Decameron, where the former appears as the 10th tale of the 10th day, and the latter as the 9th tale of the 3d day.

The Decameron version of "En Doctors Datter" is more commonly known by the heroine's name, "Giletta of Narbonne"; but versions of this tale are also known by the hero's name, "Bertram of Roussillon" or "Beltramo af Rossiglione", etc. An earlier, possibly the original, version of the tale is the old French romance "Comte d'Artois." cf. prefatory text.

"Haandskriftbeskrivelse og bibliografi": p. [205]-250.