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1960, pp. 36-38, but not connected to the beginning and end por-
tions of the same tale found in 238 XXI and XXVII.
Leaves 91 and 92 were once used to cover a book, and the outer
sides, 91v and 92r, were consequently worn more than the other
two. As a bookcover, both leaves were folded, causing extensive
damage to lines 5 and 32, especially on pages 91v and 92r. A ver-
tical fold near the outer edge of folio 92 has rendered a few single
letters on the recto indistinct.
In the lacuna between folios 91 and 92 are lost the folio wing:
1. The greater part of the Maria legend, corresponding to ca.
132 edited lines in Mariu saga or ca. 105-110 lines of the type
in the present edition.
2. The beginning of The Ahhot and his Foster-Father, which ac-
cording to 238 XXI and to 238 XXVII supplemented by 238
XXI, constituted between 82 and 86 lines of edited text.
3. Possibly a minimum of more than three pages of other ex-
empla. Most calculations indicate that one bifolium would
have been insufficient for the remainder of the Maria legend
and the first portion of The Abhot and his Foster-Father, al-
though some estimates are so close to the exact number neces-
sary for both tales that the existence of more than one double
leaf in the lacuna cannot be posited with ahsolute certainty.
The Knight and the Elf -Woman
Two variants of this tale were previously known to exist. Both
have been printed in Gering (no. LXXXV), the first (called A,
Gering, I, pp. 246-249) is from AM 624, 4to (15th century) and the
second (B, Gering, I, pp. 249-254) is defective and found in 657b.
To these versions can now be added the first leaf in 238 XXIV.
Variant B and 238 XXIV correspond to each other in the fol-
lowing way:
Beginning: Lacuna in both, but in 238 XXIV only one or two
lines seem to be missing (based on a comparison with the events
described in A).
238 XXIV, f. Irl-lv23. Lacuna in B.
238 XXIV, f. Iv23-lv30. Preserved in B.
End: Lacuna in 238 XXIV. Preserved in B.