This edition includes Edward Gallagher's prose translations of "The Lays of Marie de France"; a general introduction; a map; commentaries on the lays; two anonymous Breton lays-"The Lay of Melion" and "The Lay of Tyolet"; a glossary of proper names; a glossary of specialized terms; and an appendix of selected texts in the Old French, including Marie's "Prologue," "Guigemar," "Bisclavret," and "Yonec.""