About the Book
The manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 146 is an unparalleled witness to the politics, society, and culture of the French royal court in the early fourteenth century. It contains an interpolated version of the Roman de Fauvel, completed by Gervès du Bus in 1314, that uniquely combines the Old French text with music setting poetry in French and Latin, high-quality illuminations (including early depictions of the
architecture of medieval Paris), and further literary elaborations and additions. The narrative finds a place within several literary traditions, serving as a satire on Enguerran de Marigny, a fallen minister of Philip IV (d. 1314),
and also as admonition or advice for the new king Philip V (crowned 1317). Alongside the Roman de Fauvel, fr. 146 also includes French and Latin narrative dits (the latter edited here for the first time), the complete known works of Jehannot de Lescurel, and an important French verse chronicle. Fauvel's short refrains and chant pieces are also newly collected and catalogued.Leading medievalists and younger scholars from a wide range of fields have
contributed to this exciting interdisciplinary venture. Their essays reveal the extraordinary range of material and contexts touched by Fauvel and its interpolations, adding to our understanding of political satire, of the
processes of literary or musical composition, and of patronage in the medieval period, amongst numerous other topics, advancing knowledge and enriching contexts on many fronts.Generously illustrated, this volume includes essential new reference material for medievalists in political, social and urban history, art and architectural history, musicology, the history of the book and codicology, and medieval languages and literatures, principally Old French and Latin.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
List of Musical Examples
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Margaret Bent & Andrew Wathey: Introduction
1: Wulf Arlt: Jehannot de Lescurel and the Function of Musical Language in the Roman de Fauvel as Presented in BN fr. 146
2: Margaret Bent: Fauvel and Marigny: Which Came First?
3: Elizabeth A. R. Brown: Rex ioians, ionnes, iolis: Louis X, Philip V, and the Livres de Fauvel
4: Kevin Brownlee: Authorial Self-representation and Literary Models in the Roman de Fauvel
5: Ardis Butterfield: The Refrain and the Transformation of Genre in the Roman de Fauvel
Appendix: Catalogue of Refrains in the Roman de Fauvel of fr. 146
6: Michael Camille: Hybridity, Monstrosity, and Bestiality in the Roman de Fauvel
7: Alice V. Clark: The Flowering of Charnalité and the Marriage of Fauvel
Appendix: Floret cum Vana Gloria/Florens vigor/Neuma and Carnalitas luxuria
8: Michael Davis: Desespoir, Esperance, and Douce France: The New Palace, Paris, and the Royal State
9: Emma Dillon: The Profile of Philip V in the Music of Fauvel
Appendix: Servant regem/O Philippe prelustris Francorum/Rex regum
10: Jean Dunbabin: The Metrical Chronicle Traditionally Ascribed to Geffroy de Paris
11: Leofrance Holford-Strevens: The Latin Dits of Geffroy de Paris - An Editio princeps
12: Michael Huglo: Le Contexte folklorique et musical du charivari dans le Roman de Fauvel
13: Martin Kauffmann: Satire, Pictorial Genre, and the Illustrations in BN fr. 146
14: Élisabeth Lalou: La Chancellerie royale à la fin du règne du Philippe IV le Bel
15: Joseph Morin: Jehannot de Lescurel's Chansons, Geffroy de Paris's Dits, and the Process of Design in fr. 146
Appendix: The Pricking Patterns and Column Widths of Gatherings 6 and 7 of fr. 146
16: Jean-Claude Mühlethaler: Discours de narrateur, discours de Fortune: les enjeux dun changement de point de vue
17: Christopher Page: Tradition and Innovation in BN fr. 146: The Background to the Ballades
Appendix A
Appendix B: A Layer of Ballade Texts in Douce 308
Appendix C: The Notes Ioherenges of Le Roman de la Rose
18: Nigel F. Palmer: Cosmic Quaternities in the Roman de Fauvel
Appendix: Excerpts from the Walter Burley, Expositio libri de sex principiis
19: Susan Rankin: The Alleluyes, antenes, respons, ygnes et verssez in BN fr. 146: A Catalogue Raisonné
20: Nancy Freeman Regalado: The Chronique métrique and the Moral Design of BN fr. 146: Feasts of Good and Evil
21: Anne Walters Robertson: Local Chant Readings and the Roman de Fauvel
Appendix: Manuscripts Consulted
22: Mary and Richard Rouse: Jehannot de Lescurel
23: Alison Stones: The Stylistic Context of the Roman de Fauvel, with a Note on Fauvain
Appendix A: The Historiography of Fauvel and Related Illumination
Appendix B: The Stylistic Subgroups Surrounding the Fauvel Master
24: Jane H. M. Taylor: Le Roman de Fauvain: Manuscript, Text, Image
Appendix: Simplified Genealogical Table Showing Châtillon-Valois Connections
25: Malcolm Vale: The World of the Courts: Content and Context of the Fauvel Manuscript
26: Andrew Wathey: Gervès du Bus, the Roman de Fauvel, and the Politics of the Later Capetian Court
Appendix: Members of the Royal Commission, 24 January 1315, and of the Estroit Conseil, July 1316
27: Lorenz Welker: Polyphonic Reworkings of Notre-Dame Conductus in BN fr. 146. I. Mundus a mundicia and Quare fremuerunt
Select Bibliography for fr. 146
Index
Review :
`This is an outstanding contribution to the interdisciplinary study of a manuscript.'
E.K., Medium Aevum.
`this supberb contribution to medieval studies.'
E.K., Medium Aevum.
`an informative and stimulating collection, which, though not purporting to be definitive, surely will serve as the texte de base for scholarship on this important fourteenth-century satire ... This book is handsomely designed, generously illustrated, and luxuriously printed. The editing seems to have been unusually careful, and although the volume's size approaches the cumbersome, at first glance, it is, in fact, quite manageable. Arranging the essays in
alphabetical order by author does not facilitate the first reading, but it makes subsequent location of individual articles significantly easier and underlines the solid future of Fauvel Studies as a
scholarly research base.'
Ann T Harrison, THe Medieval Review
`a superb new collaborative investigation ... a ravishing litany of new facts and interpretations to accompany our readings of Fauvel. ... this book provides not so much a snapshot of current Fauvel scholarship, as a glorious, grandstand view of its principles and machinations.'
Anthony Pryer, TLS, 16/10/98
`an impressive collection of twenty-seven articles ... a cross-section of current scholarly inquiry ... This substantial volume, beautifully and carefully edited, is an outstanding contribution to fourteenth-century studies. We are indebted to Bent and Wathey for bringing it all together.'
Mary Wolinski, Notes, March 2000
`This is a marvellous example of a traditional scholarly publication ... this is an impressive piece of work.'
Clifford Bartlett, Early Music Review, April 1999
