 Fol. 27r, top of second column. According to BnF Archives et manuscrits, the woman depicted is 'probably Marie de Champagne'. | |
| Date | mid-13th century |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Old French |
| Scribe(s) | Guiot de Provins |
BnF Français 794 (former shelfmarks Regius 7191.2 and before that Cangé 73) is a mid-13th century French manuscript, [1] and one of only two manuscripts to contain the five romances of Chrétien de Troyes, [1] [note 1] the other being BnF Français 1450.
The manuscript was transcribed by Guiot de Provins, who identifies himself on fol. 105r. [2] The manuscript has been the subject of many studies, [3] and is the basis for the citations for the Dictionnaire Électronique de Chrétien de Troyes, an online Old French dictionary, [4] Furthermore, it contains copies of the Roman de Troie and Roman de Brut.
Works
The manuscript contains 11 works [5]
- Li romans d'Erec et d'Enyde ( Erec and Enide)
- Li romans de Lancelot de la Charrete ( Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart)
- Li romans de Cliges ( Cligès)
- Li chevaliers au lyeon ( Yvain, the Knight of the Lion)
- D'Atys et Porfilias
- Le Roman de Troie, Benoît de Sainte-Maure
- Les estoires d'Engleterre (Le Roman de Brut, Wace)
- Des empereors de Rome
- Percevax le viel ( Perceval, the Story of the Grail)
- First continuation of Perceval
- Second continuation of Perceval, Wauchier de Denain
Notes
- ^ That is, Erec and Enide, Cligès, Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart and Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Philomena is not a romance. Guillaume d'Angleterre is only sometimes attributed to Chrétien de Troyes.
References
- ^ a b (in French) BnF Archives et manuscrits, français 794
- ^ (in French) Mario Roques, Le manuscrit fr. 794 de la Bibliothèque nationale et le scribe Guiot, Romania, 73, page 179, 1952. Available online via persee.fr ( link)The text to which he refers can be found here on the right of the page, courtesy of Gallica.
- ^ The BnF archives page lists 34 studies, while Archives de littérature du moyen âge (link below) lists 14.
- ^ (in French) Chrétien de Troyes on Archives de littérature du moyen âge, Laurent Brun et al., last updated February 6, 2020. Section 'bibliographie'.
- ^ (in French) Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 794 Archived 2019-03-07 at the Wayback Machine on Archives de littérature du moyen âge, Laurent Brun, last updated September 29, 2017
External links
- BnF Français 794 on Gallica, the digitized library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.