Roman van Ferguut

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Picture of Fergus in a MS of Ferguut. RomanDeFergus.PNG
Picture of Fergus in a MS of Ferguut.

The Roman van Ferguut (English: Romance of Fergus) is a 13th-century Arthurian romance written in what is now called Middle Dutch (historically classified as [Low] German). The first part of the Roman was translated fairly accurately from the Scottish French language work known as the Roman de Fergus , but the second part, possibly the work of another author, was much more loosely derived. The Roman van Ferguut today has wide fame as a Dutch classic, certainly more fame than the Roman de Fergus possesses in either Scotland or France. The only manuscript of Ferguut is kept at Leiden University Libraries. A digital version is also available.

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In 2000, it was translated into English by the American scholar David F Johnson.

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