Talk:Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Middle English)

Possible source texts and likely transcription inaccuracies

It seems that (according to this page from the University of York) there aren't that many editions of Sir Gawain in Middle English that are also in the public domain. Here they are, in a variety of formats:

• Madden 1839, which AFAICT preserves the scribal abbreviations of the original text.
• Morris 1864, which expands them and adds some annotations. The second edition is available on Project Gutenberg, in two variants, one of which transcribes yogh accurately.

I think it's likely that one of these books is the source text we're after, given that Tolkien's text probably wasn't public domain in 2007. I'm leaning towards Morris (or one of its later editions), because the article text contains the indentation on the final four lines of each verse.

Having seen multiple original source texts, I can also confirm that this transcription is highly divergent in its treatment of yogh. It frequently uses "z" word-finally instead. EnronEvolved (talk) 19:55, 10 November 2024 (UTC)