Note 457 — Chapter IV · THE SOURCES FOR THE PERIOD 1100–1250 A. D.
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According to Prior (L’Image du monde, 1913) the first verse redaction dates from 1246. To this 4000 verses were later added, including a life of St. Brandan, an account of Seth’s visit to Paradise, and details of the author’s journey to Sicily and Syria and of his ascent of Mount Etna. The original poem with these additional parts constituted the second redaction, dating from 1248. A prose redaction was apparently composed on the basis of the first verse redaction but before the second verse redaction was made. See the discussion of the problem of dates by Prior, op. cit. (under “Image du Monde” in the Bibliography), pp. 7–9.