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La vie de mon signeur seint Brice

Century: 13

Hagiography

French

Dioc. Arras

INCIPIT

Quant seinz Brices estoit jovenceaus, il guaitoit mout seint Martin...

EXPLICIT

...je borgnes et dervez?

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 2 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 saint Brictius of Tours (+444), pupil of bishop St. Martin of Tours. According to legend, he was in his youth a difficult and disobedient prelate. Nevertheless, he was elected to succeed Martin in 379. After twenty years, he got expelled from his bishopric by the people of Tours. He then went to Rome for penance and repented for seven years. After seven years, he was again appointed bishop of Tours. And because of the fact that his behavior and manners were changed so much, he was canonized immediately after his death.

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INFLUENCE

MANUSCRIPTS

Arras, Bibliothèque Municipale, 307
Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Bibliotheek/Bibliothèque Royale, 9225 (Link)
Chantilly, Bibliothèque du Château de Chantilly, 456
Genève, Bibliothèque Publique et Universitaire, Comites Latentes, 102
London, British Library, Add. mss., 17275 (Link)
London, British Library, Royal mss., 20 D VI (Link)
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Mazarine, 1716 (Link)
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 411
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 6447 (Link) (Link)
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 183
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 412
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 185
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 23117

TRANSLATIONS

EDITIONS

MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 285-286 (fragment)

LITERATURE

BOSSUAT (R.), e.a. Dictionaire des lettres françaises. Le Moyen Age (Parijs, 1992) 1501-1502
BRULET R.), 'Tournai und der Bestattungsplatz um Saint-Brice', in: A. Wieczorek, et. al. (eds.), Die Franken, Wegbereiter Europas. Vor 1500 Jahren: König Chlodwig und seine Erben (Mainz, 1996) 163-170
BRUNEL-LOBRICHON (G.), e.a., 'L'hagiographie de langue française sur le continent IXe-XVe siècle', in: G. Philippart (ed.), Corpus christianorum. Hagiographies : Histoire internationale de la littérature hagiographique latine et vernaculaire en Occident des origines à 1550, II (Turnhout, 1996) 330, nr. 16
MEYER (P.), 'Notice du Ms. Bibl. Nat. Fr. 6447 (Traduction de divers livres de la bible - légendes de saints)', Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et autres bibliothèques, 35 (1897) 435-510
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)
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 151

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Contributor:
Jeroen Deploige
An-Katrien Hanselaer

Update:
2014-03-03 11:55:09