Transcriber’s Notes: The original spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have been retained, with the exception of apparent typographical errors which have been corrected. Text in Italics is indicated between _underscores_. Text in small capitals has been replaced by regular uppercase text. Superscripts are indicated by a single caret (^) followed by the superscripted text between curly braces { and }. Columbia University STUDIES IN ROMANCE PHILOLOGY AND LITERATURE TIRANT LO BLANCH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS SALES AGENTS NEW YORK LEMCKE & BUECHNER 30-32 WEST 27TH STREET LONDON HUMPHREY MILFORD AMEN CORNER, E.C. SHANGHAI EDWARD EVANS & SONS, LTD. 30 NORTH SZECHUEN ROAD TIRANT LO BLANCH A STUDY OF ITS AUTHORSHIP PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND HISTORICAL SETTING BY JOSEPH A. VAETH, PH.D. INSTRUCTOR IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES IN NEW YORK UNIVERSITY [Illustration] New York COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS 1918 _All rights reserved_ Copyright, 1918 BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS Printed from type, May, 1918 _Approved for publication, on behalf of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures of Columbia University._ HENRY ALFRED TODD NEW YORK, December, 1917. TO PROFESSOR RAYMOND WEEKS WHOSE ENTHUSIASM, SCHOLARSHIP AND DEVOTION TO FRANCE HAVE BEEN OF SUCH FAR-REACHING INFLUENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES IN AMERICA, THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED PREFACE