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Ever since its first edition, scholars of Orrmulum have conventionally divided its introduction into three sections: Dedication, Preface, Texts and Introduction. Indeed, modern editorial practice would seem to justify this division. Yet this article argues that a new division of the opening of Orrmulum may be proposed once the theory of medieval authorship is brought to bear on the contemporary tradition of the Aristotelian prologue.
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Mancho, G. Is Orrmulum's Introduction an Instance of an Aristotelian Prologue?. Neophilologus 88, 477–492 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NEOP.0000027475.41216.69
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