Poetry of Charles d'Orléans and his circle
Subtitle: a critical edition of BnF MS. fr. 25458, Charles d'Orléans's personal manuscript
By: edited by John Fox and Mary-Jo Arn ; English translations by R. Barton Palmer ; with an excursus on literary context by Stephanie A. V. G. Kamath
Contributors: Fox, John, 1925-; Arn, Mary-Jo; Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-; Kamath, Stephanie A. V. G.; Bibliothèque nationale de France
Series: Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies -- v. 383
Publisher: ACMRS (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies), in collaboration with Brepols
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tempe, Ariz
Language: eng; frm
Number of pages: 957
ISBN-13: 9780866984317
Subjects: Manuscripts; Translations into English; Bibliothèque nationale de France
Work titles: Poems
Description: This is the first complete, modern critical edition of the personal copy of the poetry of Charles, duc Orléans (BnF MS. fr. 25458), a manuscript made up primarily of lyrics. The duke also included lyrics composed by members of his household, his family, his friends, his peers, and various visitors to his court at Blois. The manuscript was almost certainly commissioned in London near the end of the duke's captivity (1439-1440). The edition contains the first translation (facing-page) of the duke's collection into English. It is intended to supersede Pierre Champion's 1923 edition of the same manuscript. Before Champion, editions of the duke's poetry simply reproduced the poems in manuscript order; his edition offered a new order based on his observations of the manuscript's construction. This new edition corrects that order by basing it on a recent codicological study of the manuscript, "The poet's notebook", by Mary-Jo Arn.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [843]-910) and index.

Texts in Middle French with English translations.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Editorial principles and presentation of the text; title: Translator's preface; title: The text and the translation; title: Textual notes; title: Description of the manuscript; title: Appendices.