Girart de Vienne : chanson de geste edited according to ms BXIX (Royal) of the British Museum

264 Pages·1930·57.001 MB·English

by  Frederic G. Yeandle

YEANDLE
FREDERIC G.
REQUIREMENTS
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
SUBMITTED
PHILOSOPHY
FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
IN THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY
COLUMBIA
NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY PRESS
COLUMBIA
1930

FREDERIC G. YEANDLE
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
IN THE FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
1930
COPYRIGHT 1930
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Published March,
1930
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY THE LANCASTER PRESS, INC., LANCASTER, PA.
PREFACE
The editing of this text undertaken in the spring of
was
Ray-
and carried under the direction of Professor
1924 on
mond Weeks, then Professor of Romance Philology in
Columbia University. The editor wishes to acknowledge
here his deep debt of gratitude to Professor Weeks who has
offered his assistance in in the preparation
ever many ways
of this work. For his kind words of for
encouragement,
his scholarly criticism of much of the work, for the of
use
his library and for his invaluable advice, which has
con-
tinued after his departure from Columbia, the editor
even
is most grateful.
To the other members of the Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures in Columbia University who in
various have given their assistance and advice, the
ways
editor extends his sincere thanks. Among these in
are
particular: Professor Henri F. Muller, who kindly
con-
sented to direct this work after Professor Weeks's departure,
and dear friend and colleague in Columbia College,
my
Dr. José L. Perrier, who has graciously assisted the editor
in solving various textual problems, and who has also
con-
sented to assist in the reading of the proofs.
F. G. Y.
NEW YORK
1929
May,

CONTENTS
Poem
INTRODUCTION
Poem
I
I. Previous Studies of the
I
Element.
II. The
2
III. The Historical
Manuscripts 3
Manuscript
IV. Description of the
Work 4
V. Choice of 6
VI. The Author and his
7
VII. Language and Versification
8
Corrections
VIII. Explanation of Variants and
12
TEXT NVARIANATS MES
AND 13
GLOSSARY 219
BIBLIOGRAPHY
TABLE
239
OF
249