Tote listoire de France :

(Chronique saintongeaise) /
now first edited from the only two mss., with introduction, appendices, and notes, by F.W. Bourdillon ... with prefatory letter by Gaston Paris ...
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Bourdillon, Francis William, 1852-1921.
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Format: Book
Language:French
English
Latin
Published / Created: London : D. Nutt, 1897.
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Notes:Parallel texts from an imperfect ms. in the editor's possession, and an earlier one in the Bibliothèque nationale (fonds français, 5714).

A 13th century translation, in the Saintongese of Poitevin dialect, from an unknown Latin compilation, which appears to have been mainly composed of the Liber historiæ Francorum (Gesta regum Francorum) and the Annales Laurissenses, with portions of Einhard's Vita Caroli, the Vita Ludovici Pii, and Miracula S. Benedicti, the whole completed from some unknown chronicle. Includes the oldest known version of "Berte aus grans piés" (p. 53-55) cf. Introd.

Appendix: I. Taillafer de Léon. II. Most=Molt. III. Noticeable words and forms. IV. Works referred to, or useful.

Physical description: xliv, 113 p. ; 22 cm.

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