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Re: Good suggestion DomA Send a noteboard - 20/02/2013 12:01:00 AM
I ordered the Pleiade version of Renart after further consideration and found La Roman de la Rose but I'm not certain if it's actually old French or just a modernized translation. I suspect that it's the original but I'm not sure.

It may be that it doesn't have the text properly presented because it says "Le présent ouvrage est une invitation à découvrir en images, à travers les manuscrits enluminés de la BNF, la matière littéraire et le substrat culturel de ce monument de la littérature médiévale." But it's hardcover.

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/2717725229/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I ordered from Canada because the shipping was less expensive and, oddly, I found what I was looking for all in one spot (usually I order from amazon.fr because the Canadian selection isn't as good).


I've got no idea, but it's a large scale book. It's really not clear from the description if it contains the full text and if it will be translated. It's not that long, it might well have both plus tons of pages from the manuscripts. BNF's (that's the French National Library, I guess you knew that) art books about books are usually really nice objects.



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Any recommendations for reading Old French? Tom - 19/02/2013 01:17:09 AM 1154 Views
Not too many outside the ones you've already said Larry - 19/02/2013 02:20:23 AM 656 Views
Bertrand keeps cropping up Tom - 19/02/2013 03:10:15 PM 701 Views
I can't find Bertrand in a good edition. Tom - 23/02/2013 02:42:56 AM 655 Views
Hmmm... DomA - 19/02/2013 05:02:50 AM 642 Views
The Larousse Old French Dictionary is on order, and I own Le Robert. Tom - 19/02/2013 03:09:25 PM 629 Views
Re: The Larousse Old French Dictionary is on order, and I own Le Robert. DomA - 19/02/2013 03:56:54 PM 873 Views
Good suggestion Tom - 19/02/2013 07:05:58 PM 727 Views
Re: Good suggestion DomA - 20/02/2013 12:01:00 AM 646 Views
I figured it was a cool sounding purchase either way. Tom - 20/02/2013 01:11:06 AM 694 Views
Re: I figured it was a cool sounding purchase either way. DomA - 20/02/2013 04:47:12 AM 706 Views
Actually, it's 195 pages Tom - 20/02/2013 06:16:56 AM 602 Views
And please let me know if you ever hear of that Rabelais original being printed! *NM* Tom - 20/02/2013 05:00:40 PM 287 Views
Re: And please let me know if you ever hear of that Rabelais original being printed! DomA - 20/02/2013 05:21:11 PM 708 Views
The Roman de la Rose doesn't have the full text. Tom - 23/02/2013 02:40:23 AM 563 Views
Oh, and I did finally get the Zorzi history of Venice Tom - 20/02/2013 01:12:22 AM 570 Views
Is de Machaut Old French or Middle? Ghavrel - 19/02/2013 09:02:15 AM 610 Views
Probably Middle Tom - 19/02/2013 03:12:11 PM 652 Views
A bit of both DomA - 19/02/2013 03:15:32 PM 705 Views
They have a few of his poems in the anthology - I checked. Tom - 20/02/2013 01:22:15 AM 897 Views
that's awesome. i love old dead languages... i have no suggestions that aren't old irish, though. *NM* temeraire - 20/02/2013 01:38:50 AM 291 Views
Apparently the word "lay" meaning "story" comes from Irish "laid", meaning "song". *NM* Tom - 20/02/2013 07:54:47 PM 284 Views
One of our friends works with Old French and Occitan and Oxford Uni at the moment. Rebekah - 20/02/2013 04:14:36 PM 683 Views
Sure, why not? Tom - 20/02/2013 04:59:01 PM 683 Views
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