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La vie de seint Gile

Century: 13

Hagiography

French

Dioc. Arras

INCIPIT

Inc. prol.: Nus crestiëns n'est en terre qi Nostre Signor voeille servir ne amer, qi volentiers n'entende et oie ceus qui racontent et dient les oevres de seinz homes -- Inc.: Sains Gilles fu nés de la cité d'Athènes

EXPLICIT

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Wauchier de Denain, Waulchier de Denain

Sex: M- Bio: In the beginning of the 13th century his works were commissioned by Philip, count of Namur (+1212), and of Joanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders and Hainault (+1244); he translated several Latin works. Wauchier de Denain was clerc at the court of Roger IV, châtelain of Lille (1st third of the 13th century). (NaSo 611): For the adscription to Wauchier de Denain: see Raynaud de Lage, Ruby en De Visser-Van Terwisga.-Status author (order, function):

EDITING

Location:Denain (?), omgeving St.-Amand en Valenciennes - Date:early 13th century, third text from 'Li seint confessor' (Thompson, 1999: 23-24, 48-55) - Commission:probably dedicated to count Filip I of Namur (+ 1212) (Meyer, 1906: 281)

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CONTEXT

ABSTRACT

Life of Saint Giles of Nîmes (+710). Giles was born in Athens but travels to France to live there as a hermit. During his secluded life in the forest of Nîmes Aegidius was fed with the milk of a tame doe. According to legend the Visigoth King Wamba tried to shoot this animal with an arrow during the hunt but Aegidius got wounded instead. The king showed his regret by offering Giles a large sum of money which he used for the foundation of a new Benedictine monastery, where he later became abbot.

SOURCES

INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Mazarine, 1716 (Link)
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 23112
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 412
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 255332

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

MEYER (P.), Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale, XXXVI (1901), II 453 (fragment)
THOMPSON (J. J.), 'The recent discovery of a collection in early French prose, Wauchier de Denain's Li seint confessor', Romance notes, 38/2 (1998) 121-137 (fragment)

LITERATURE

BOSSUAT (R.), e.a. Dictionaire des lettres françaises. Le Moyen Age (Parijs, 1992) 1501-1502
LYNDE-RECCHIA (M.), 'Wauchier de Denain's Vie de seint Marciau (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France ms. fr. 411)', Revue bénédictine, 108 (1998) 169-177
LYNDE-RECCHIA (M.), ‘The Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César, the vie de saint Marciau and Wauchier de Denain’, in: Romania, 116 (1998)
MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 413
MEYER (P.), Versions en prose des Vies des Pères, in: Histoire Littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 281
MEYER (P.), Wauchier de Denain, in: Romania, XXXII (1903)
SZKILNIK (M.), Le choix de Wauchier de Denain. Ecrire en vers, écrire en prose, in: Romania, CVII (1986)
THOMPSON (J. J.), Wauchier de Denain. La vie mon signeur seint Nicholas le beneoit confessor (Textes littéraires français, 508) (Genève, 1999)
THOMPSON J. J., 'The recent discovery of a collection in early French prose, Wauchier de Denain's Li seint confessor', Romance notes, 38/2 (1998) 121-137
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 17

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Contributor:
Jeroen Deploige
An-Katrien Hanselaer

Update:
2014-02-12 14:37:40