In June 1971 fragments of a fifth manuscript of Van den vos Reynaerde or Reynaert I came to light. Two complete manuscripts and fragments of two manuscripts had previously been discovered: around 1805 the Comburg manuscript or ms. A (Stuttgart, Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek, Ms. poet. et phil. fol. 22); in 1889 the Darmstadt fragments or ms. E (Darmstadt, Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek, 3321); in 1908 the Dyck manuscript or ms. F (Schloss Dyck near Neuss) [Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster, Cod 59] and in 1933 the Rotterdam fragments or ms. G (Rotterdam, Gemeentebibliotheek, 96 B 5). We will call the new fragments the Brussels fragments or ms. H (Brussels, Royal Library, IV 774) [Now known as manuscript J]. For the sake of completeness, we mention the two manuscripts of Reynaerts historie or Reynaert II, which, as is known, consists of an adaptation of Reynaert I (vs. 1-3468) and a sequel (vs. 3469-7805): the Brussels manuscript or ms. B (Brussels, Royal Library, 14.601) which contains the work in its entirety and the Van Wijn fragment or ms. C (The Hague, Royal Library, 75 B 7) which contains only v. 67557791 and therefore not a single line of verse from the adaptation of Reynaert I. - [Author]

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