There are 1164 surviving verses, preceded by an initial prose fragment. The only codex that contains the work is a manuscript from 1400 that is kept in the National Library of Paris. The text that has reached us lacks a title, and critics have variously titled the work "Mocedades de Rodrigo" or "del Cid" ("The youthful deeds of Rodrigo, the Cid"), "Refundición de las Mocedades de Rodrigo" ("A Recasting of the Youthful Deeds of Rodrigo-Amistead"), "Cantar de Rodrigo y el Rey Fernando" ("Sing of Rodrigo and King Fernando-Menéndez Pidal") and "Crónica rimada del Cid" ("The Rhyming Chronicle of El Cid-Bourland").