Editing Perceforest (section)

==Composition==
''Perceforest'' appears to have originally been composed in French in the Low Countries in the early 14th century. According to Gilles Roussineau (agreeing with Jane Taylor, Jeanne Lods and L.F. Flutre), the original version has been written between 1337 and 1344, however all surviving manuscripts are of a rewrite dated between 1459 and 1477.<ref>{{cite journal |id={{Project MUSE|372272}} |last1=Ferlampin-Acher |first1=Christine |title=Perceforest, première partie. Edition critique (review) |journal=Arthuriana |date=2010 |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=109 |doi=10.1353/art.0.0099 |s2cid=161780528 }}</ref> The most complete version of the four extant texts, Manuscript C, written by [[David Aubert]] around 1459–1460, is generally accepted as a revision made for [[Philip the Good]], [[Duke of Burgundy]]. However, a 2013 analysis by Christine Ferlampin-Acher proposes an alternative hypothesis that Manuscript C is, in fact, the original.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=L. J. |title='Perceforest' et 'Zephir': propositions autour d'un recit arthurien bourguignon |journal=French Studies |date=1 January 2013 |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=86–87 |doi=10.1093/fs/kns241 }}</ref>