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Sure, why not? Tom Send a noteboard - 20/02/2013 04:59:01 PM
For Old French I currently have:

1. Lais de Marie de France
2. La Chanson de Roland (Oxford Text)
3. Historiens et Chroniqueurs de Moyen Âge (Pléiade) (Robert de Clari, Villehardouin, Joinville, Froissart, Commynes)
4. Tristan et Yseut (Pléiade) (contains Béroul, Thomas, La Folie de Tristan, and what I believe are translations from German based on the authors' names)
5. Chrétien de Troyes - Oeuvres Complètes (Pléiade) (just for clarity's sake - Érec et Énide, Cligès, Yvain, Lancelot, Perceval, and Philomena, Guillaume d'Angleterre, Chansons Courtoises)
6. Le Livre du Graal (Pléiade in 3 volumes) (Joseph d'Arimathie, Merlin, Les Premiers Faits du Roi Arthur, Lancelot (La Marche de Gaule, Galehaut, La Quête de Lancelot), La Quête du Saint Graal, La Mort du Roi Arthur)
7. Le Roman de Renart (Pléiade) (en route)
8. Le Roman de la Rose (en route, may have to re-order, see threads above)

For Old Occitan I really only have the massive volume by Martin de Riquer of troubadour poetry (which is Occitan with Spanish commentary).

So far I'm reading Marie de France and will finish that shortly - it's a short book and a fun read. I think I'll move on to Roland after that, and maybe Villehardouin thereafter, though the sack of Constantinople is painful to read about.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Any recommendations for reading Old French? - 19/02/2013 01:17:09 AM 1154 Views
Not too many outside the ones you've already said - 19/02/2013 02:20:23 AM 657 Views
Bertrand keeps cropping up - 19/02/2013 03:10:15 PM 702 Views
I can't find Bertrand in a good edition. - 23/02/2013 02:42:56 AM 657 Views
Hmmm... - 19/02/2013 05:02:50 AM 643 Views
The Larousse Old French Dictionary is on order, and I own Le Robert. - 19/02/2013 03:09:25 PM 630 Views
Re: The Larousse Old French Dictionary is on order, and I own Le Robert. - 19/02/2013 03:56:54 PM 874 Views
Good suggestion - 19/02/2013 07:05:58 PM 729 Views
Re: Good suggestion - 20/02/2013 12:01:00 AM 646 Views
I figured it was a cool sounding purchase either way. - 20/02/2013 01:11:06 AM 695 Views
Re: I figured it was a cool sounding purchase either way. - 20/02/2013 04:47:12 AM 706 Views
Actually, it's 195 pages - 20/02/2013 06:16:56 AM 604 Views
Oh, and I did finally get the Zorzi history of Venice - 20/02/2013 01:12:22 AM 571 Views
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Probably Middle - 19/02/2013 03:12:11 PM 652 Views
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They have a few of his poems in the anthology - I checked. - 20/02/2013 01:22:15 AM 898 Views
One of our friends works with Old French and Occitan and Oxford Uni at the moment. - 20/02/2013 04:14:36 PM 685 Views
Sure, why not? - 20/02/2013 04:59:01 PM 685 Views

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