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La vie mon signeur Nicholas le benoit confessor

Century: 13

Hagiography

French

Dioc. Arras

INCIPIT

Inc. prol.: Mout doit volentiers oïr et entendre tote creature qi nostre Signour aime et croit les vies et les oevres des seinz -- Inc.: Mes sires seinz Nicholas fu nez

EXPLICIT

...a la destre son Pere qi vit et regne par toz les siecles des siecles. Amen

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 (?), in the vicinity of St.Amand and Valenciennes - Date:early 13th century, text five from ' Li seint confessor' (Thompson, 1999: 23-24, 48-55) - Commission:probably commissioned by Phillip I, count of Namur (+ 1212) (Meyer, 1906: 281)

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ABSTRACT

Life of St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (+ 342). According to legend, he was known for his charity and the many miracles he performed. Central to this text is the event in which the rich young Nicholas provided a poor nobleman with a dowry for his three daughters so that they could marry instead of prostituting themselves.

SOURCES

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MANUSCRIPTS

Arras, Bibliothèque Municipale, 851 (307)
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, 9225 (Link)
Cambrai, Bibliothèque Municipale, 812
Cambrai, Bibliothèque Municipale, 811
Dublin, Trinity College, B 2.8
London, British Library, Add. mss., 17275 (Link)
London, British Library, Royal mss., 20 D VI (Link)
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 411
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 183
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 23112
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 412
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, nouv. acq. fr. 23686
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 185
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, nouv.acq.fr., 422

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

THOMPSON (J.J.), Wauchier de Denain. La vie mon signeur seint Nicholas le beneoit confessor (Textes littéraires français, 508) (Genève, 1999) 99-174 (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)
MEYER (P.), Versions en prose des Vies des Pères, in: Histoire Littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906)
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) 648-649

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Jeroen Deploige
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Update:
2014-02-12 14:47:20