)The most important writer of old Yiddish literature was Elijah Levita (known as Elye Bokher) who translated and adapted the chivalric romance of Bevis of Hampton, via its Italian version, Buovo d’Antona.Levita’s version, called Bovo d'Antona, and later known with the title "Bovo-bukh", was circulated in manuscript from 1507, then published in Isny (Germany) in 1541.