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The scribe’s note directing the reader to read the English poem at this point, before continuing with the French account.<\/p><\/div>\n

On f. 67r of Bodley 264, the scribe (?<\/a>) has taken advantage of a blank column in the French part of the manuscript to add a note of his own (shown in the image to the right), which explains the problem as he perceives it, his solution, and how the reader should use the manuscript to read the text \u2018properly\u2019:<\/p>\n

\u2018Here fayleth a prossess of \u00feis rommance of alixander<\/em> \/ \u00fee wheche prossesse \u00feat fayleth 3e schulle fynde at \u00fee ende of \u00feis bok ywrete in engelyche ryme \/ and whanne 3e han redde it to \u00fee ende turne\u00fe hedur \/ a3en and turne\u00fe ouyr \u00feis lef and bygynne\u00fe \/ at this reson\u00a0\u00a0 Ehe fu el mois de may que li tans tenouele \/ and so rede for\u00fe \u00fee rommance to \u00fee ende whylis \u00fee \/ frenche laste\u00fe.\u2019<\/p>\n

[\u2018Here a passage of this romance of Alexander is missing.\u00a0 You will find the missing passage at the end of this book, written in English verse; and when you have read it to the end, turn back here and turn over this page and begin at this point: \u201cEhe fu el mois de may que li tans tenouele,\u201d and so carry on reading this romance to the end, as long as the French [text] continues.\u2019]<\/p>\n

This little note gives us evidence about a lot of things: how the two texts came to be put together; how important it was for the scribe or owner that the new book was as complete an account of Alexander as possible; that the scribe also thought it was important to have the events in the right order; that the audience was expected to be able to understand English and French. It also suggests that, at the time this note and Alexander and Dindimus<\/em> were copied, the English text was the last thing in the manuscript, since it is said to be \u2018at the end of this book\u2019, which means that the book of Marco Polo musts have been copied in later, but before the whole book was bound together.<\/p>\n

But why was Alexander the Great such an important figure for the people who owned this book? Click here <\/a>to find out.<\/p>\n

Click for more on: languages <\/a>\u2022\u00a0scribes <\/a>\u2022\u00a0the making of books<\/a><\/p>\n

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