KNECHT, D., — Ciris. Authenticité, histoire du texte, édition et commentaire critiques.

De Tempel, Brugge, 1970. XC,170p. Original dark blue gilt titles imitation leather bound with dust wrappers. Series: Werken, Uitgaven door de Factulteit van Letteren en Wijsbegeerte, nr. 150. Nr. XL of 550 copies. ‘Dr Knecht is, I think, a gifted young scholar, and, ambitious as he is, it is understandable that he likes to give his Ph.D. thesis written in Flemish, a wider public by translating it into French and that he wanted to bring it up to date. However, this does not alter the fact that this subject is much too difficult for a beginning scholar, promising though he be and surrounded by sound advisers (…) He should not have undertaken this thankless task. That is apparent both in his lengthy introduction and int the text itself, with critical apparatus, followed by a discussion of textual matters: it was hardly necessary to discuss once more the authenticity)pp.IX-XXI) (…). The part concerning the manuscripts is more useful, for the author has collected a large amount of accurate information, especially on the ‘recentiores’, which future editions and commentators (…) may turn to good account.’ (R.E.H. WESTENDORP BOERMA in Mnemosyne, 1975, 28-2 (pp.217-219). From the library of the late Prof. Dr. Ludo De Lannoy.