‘Ceo Testimoine Precïens’: Priscian and the Prologue to the ‘Lais’ of Marie de France
Like most medieval vernacular narratives, the Lais of Marie de France begin with a prologue designed to explain the proximate causes of the author's undertaking and to set the work within a recognized context of literary tradition. This literary tradition is represented, again quite typically,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1980
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Traditio
Year: 1980, Volume: 36, Pages: 407-415 |
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| Summary: | Like most medieval vernacular narratives, the Lais of Marie de France begin with a prologue designed to explain the proximate causes of the author's undertaking and to set the work within a recognized context of literary tradition. This literary tradition is represented, again quite typically, by appeal to an auctor, here the grammarian Priscian, whom Marie cites as witness to the stylistic habits of ancient writers: Custume fu as ancïens, Ceo tes[ti]moine Precïens, Es livres ke jadis feseient Assez oscurement diseient Pur ceus ki a venir esteient E ki aprendre les deveient, K'i peüssent gloser la lettre E de lur sen le surplus mettre. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Traditio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900009314 |