A Note On The Sources of Marie de France (D. S. Blondheim)
A Note On The Sources of Marie de France (D. S. Blondheim)
A Note On The Sources of Marie de France (D. S. Blondheim)
Author(s): D. S. Blondheim
Source: Modern Language Notes, Vol. 23, No. 7 (Nov., 1908), pp. 201-202
Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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VOL. XXIII. BALTIMORE, NOVEMBER, 1908. No. 7.
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202 MODERN LANGUAGE NOTES. [Vo. xxiii, No. 7.
here paralleled by similar points in the Romu- centenoque domum pastu potuque refertum,
lus Metricus. References to other collections and, infra, mellifluis cenis.
are derived from Warnke. Where no compari- Fable x, 2. RN: nest in arbor; M: chestne;
sons are made except with the Romulus Me- Rm: robur.
iricus, it is to be understood that he quotes no 3. RN: Curnque fumus et flamma. . . ad
parallels from literature antecedent or closely sumnmitatem arboris pene pertitngerent, aqui-
subsequent to Marie. la, . . . pullorum cura, ne perirent, vulpinos
Fable i. 1. M (= Marie): gemme; RN ( catulos incolumes rmatri reddidit, obsecrarns ut
Romulus Nilantii): margarita; RR (= Romu- adductu'm restritngeret incendium.
lus Rhythmicus, lervieux, 2d. edit., vol. Ii, pp.
M: Li aigles vit le feu e8pri8;
714-757): lapis preciosus; Berechiah: iaspis,
Al gupil prie e dit: ' Anis,
lapis pretiosus; RM (= Romulus Metricus)
Estein le feu!I Pren tun chael!
gemma. Ja serunt ars tuit mi oisel.'
3. Moral. Cf. M: le mtielz despisent, and Cf. RM: Cum . . . aquila ardentem pertingere
RM: contempnunt optima queque. nicdum
Con8pCeret flammam, clanans tuno
voce precatur
Fable ii, 1.
Ut vu4pis fetus proprios jam spreta
M: Ireement parla li lou,
teneret
Ki mult esteit contrarious,
Lenius atque ardor puflie eatinotue
par maltalent parla a lui
adesset
Ra: Tune WU7pU8 ore minaa fera verba tonabat.
RM: Improbu8 lUpU8 . . . ferow . . . true..
dicit. As soon as possible I expect to publish a
study of the forty-three fables contained in the
Fable iv, 1. M, RT, and RR have two wit- Romulus Metricus compared with the same
nesses, correcting RN, which speaks of three but fables as found in collections belonging to the
mentions only two. Rx makes the same cor- Marie group and in other Mediaeval fabularies,
rection. including the Romulus Nilantii, the Romulus
Rhythmicus, Berechiah, and the Odo group,
Fable vii, 2. in order to treat more thoroughly of the re-
M: Mei, ki 8ui loush, tieng jeo pur fol, lations indicated in the present article. This
qu'od mes denc ne trenchai tun col.
study will also include a detailed discussion of
RM: . . . non gaudes, rustice latro,
the relations of the Romulus Treverensis and
Quod cobbm 8orp8i non dentibus asperis.
Berechiah to Marie.
Fable viii, 1. The error in RN, which speaks D. S. BLONDHEIM.
Paris.
of the second warning as the third, is also
found in RR; M corrects by referring to the
second warning as the second; RT corrects by
introducing a third warning; Rm = RT. THE SOURCE OF THE STORY SAPI-
Fable ix, 1. M has a mouse traveling from ENTES IN THE SEVEN SAGES
city to city and overtaken by night; cf. RM: OF ROME.
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