narrative poems of the thirteenth century has long been noted in general terms, 2 but its specific debt to the earlier works has remained to be analyzed. The purpose of this study is to present evidence of direct borrowing from the Libro de Alexandre of lines and thought sequences, and to explore more speculatively apparent reminiscences in technique and detail. It seems reasonably clear that the Alfonso Onceno is indebted to the Poema de Ferndn Gonzdlez in its expression of Christian enthusiasm and patriotism. It may also owe to it the idea of using the Alexandre as a model, 3 but we shall show that the Ferndn Gonzdlez is not the source of the elements in the Alfonso Onceno which occur in all three works. 4

SThe latest study on the poem is that of Yo Ten Cate: Poema de Alfonso XI, Estudio preliminar y vocabulario, Amsterdam, 1942. This study is based on the new manuscript acquired by the Real Academia Espaflola in 1927, but as this is a derivative of the Escorial manuscript, used by Janer, it adds nothing to the portions lacking at the beginning and end of the poem. Yo Ten Cate has amended some of the readings of the Escorial manuscript (pp. 170-186), but these changes do not affect this study, nor does it seem likely that the promised diplomatic edition will affect it either.