Manuscript and Print Sources
of the Text of François Villon's Works
I have chosen
anything I can find on line, and have added from my own work. The list
will grow.
Abbreviations: BJ =
Ballades en Jargon, L = Lais, PV = Poèmes Variés (in
Rychner-Henry), PD = Poésies Diverses (in Longnon-Foulet and
Mühlethaler-Hicks), T = Testament
A: MS. Paris,
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3523 (formerly B.L.F 316)
Paper. Last quarter of the fifteenth century, containing the following
works by Villon:
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|
T |
no.
29 |
pp.
647-718 |
|
PVx |
no.
30
|
pp.
719-20 |
|
L |
no.
31 |
pp.
721-33 |
B: MS. Paris, BNF
fonds français 1661 (formerly
7652), containing
the following
work by Villon:
Paper. Fifteenth century, sometime after 1464, containing
the following
work by Villon:
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|
L___ |
no. 18 |
fols.
236r-240v |
C: MS. Paris,
BNF fonds français 20041 (formerly
fonds
Saint-Germain 1662)
Paper. Fifteenth century, sometime after 1463
Cc: MS.
Bibliothèque
Condé, 723 (formerly 715),
The library
housed in the Château
de Chantilly
Paper. 1482 or after, containing the
following
work by Villon:
F: MS.
Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket, V.u.22 (formerly French LIII)
Paper. Fifteenth century, sometime after 1477, containing
the following
works by Villon:
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T1515-42
|
no. 3
|
fol. 2v
|
|
PVii
|
no. 5
|
fol. 3v
|
|
T1591-1627
|
no. 36
|
fol. 21r
|
|
T1422-56
|
no. 39
|
fol. 22v
|
|
PVv
|
no. 42
|
fol. 24r
|
|
BJvii
|
no. 43
|
fol. 25r
|
|
BJviii
|
no. 44
|
fol. 25v
|
|
BJix
|
no. 45
|
fol. 26r
|
|
BJx
|
no. 46
|
fol. 26v
|
|
BJxi
|
no. 47
|
fol. 27r
|
|
L
|
no. 55
|
fols. 29r-33v
|
|
PVxiii
|
no. 56
|
fol. 34r & v
|
|
PVxi
|
no. 57
|
fol. 35r
|
|
PVxvi
|
no. 58
|
fol. 35v
|
|
PVxv
|
no. 59
|
fol. 36r
|
|
T
|
no. 60
|
fols. 37r-62v
|
|
PVxiv
|
no. 61
|
fol. 67r
|
|
PVvi
|
no. 63
|
fol. 70r
|
Image of fol.
37r with the beginning of T
I: London, British
Library IA 39903. Paris, BNF Rés
Ye 238 and Rés Ye
245,
(3 copies)
Pierre Levet's editio princeps
of Villon's works, a gothic type face incunable, published in 1489. In
editing tradition, "I" also stands for Levet's manuscript source(s). It
contains the following
works by Villon:
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|
T
|
no. 1
|
fols. a1v-g-v |
|
PVxv
|
no. 2
|
fol. g1v-g2r
|
|
PVxiv
|
no. 3
|
fol. g2v
|
|
PVxi
|
no. 4
|
fol. g3r & v
|
|
PVxiii
|
no. 5
|
fol. g4r & v
|
|
PVxvi
|
no. 6
|
fols. g4v-g5r
|
|
PViv
|
no. 7
|
fols. g5v-g6r
|
|
PVv
|
no. 8
|
fol. g6r & v
|
|
PVvi
|
no. 9
|
fols. g6v-g7r
|
|
BJi
|
no. 10
|
fols. 87v-g8r
|
|
BJii
|
no. 11
|
fol. g8r & v
|
|
BJiii
|
no. 12
|
fols. g8v-h1v
|
|
BJiv
|
no. 13
|
fols. h1v-h2r
|
|
BJv
|
no. 14
|
fol. h2r & v
|
|
BJvi
|
no. 15
|
fols. h2v-h3r
|
|
L
|
no. 16
|
fols. h3r-h8v
|
J: Paris, BNF
Rés Ye 168 and Rés Ye 169
Jardin
de plaisance et fleur de rhétorique. [S.l.] Antoine
Vérard, 1501 (fac simile Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1910), containing
the following
works by Villon:
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|
PVxv
|
no. 448
|
fols. 107v-108r
|
|
PVxi
|
no. 449
|
fol. 108r
|
|
PVxiii
|
no. 450
|
fol. 108r & v
|
|
PVxvi
|
no. 451
|
fol. 108v
|
|
PVv
|
no. 452
|
fols. 108v-109r
|
|
*PDvi
|
no. 453
|
fol. 109r
|
|
T1422-56
|
no. 454
|
fol. 109r
|
|
T1591-1627
|
no. 455
|
fol. 109r & v
|
|
PVvi
|
no. 456
|
fol. 109v
|
|
PVviii
|
no. 643
|
fol. 200v
|
*the rondeau "Jenin l'anemy" is not edited by Rychner-Henry. J is its only source.
K: MS.
København, Kongelige Bibliotek, fonds de Thotts Saml. 59,
2º.
Paper. 1522 or after. Described on pp. 117-19 of Description des
manuscrits français du moyen âge de la Bibliothèque
Royale de Copenhague (click on right "Thotts Saml.", then on
" 59,2o"), containing the following
work by Villon:
N: MS. Paris BNF
fonds français 2206 (formerly 80012)
Paper. Sixteenth century, after 1562, described on pp.
379-85 of Catalogue des
manuscrits français. Tome Premier: Ancien Fonds.
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1868 (In "choisir" menu, pick "1 à 3130").
It contains the following
work by Villon:
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|
PVviii
|
no. 190
|
fol. 181r
|
R: MS. BNF fonds
français 12490 (formerly Ancien Supplément
Français 208)
Paper. Sixteenth century, after 1514. Partial description in "Lenglet's Sources".
The
manuscript contains 24 of Villon's fixed-form poems, likely copied from
an early printed edition.
T: MS. Paris, BNF,
fonds français 24315 (formerly fonds La Vallière 65)
Paper. Sixteenth century, after 1560. Described on pp. 314-17 of
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Département des
manuscrits, Catalogue
général des manuscrits français (1902), containing
the following
works by Villon:
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|
PVxi
|
__
|
fol. 69r & v
|
|
PVviii
|
|
fol. 111r
|
Wc: MS.
Washington D.C., Library of Congress M2 1.L25 Case (formerly Paris,
Bibliothèque du Marquis de Laborde)
Vellum. After 1470, containing the following
work by Villon:
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T978-89
|
no. 72
|
*fols. 88v-89r
|
*Strunk foliation. Table of contents shows fols. 83v-84r.
ABCFI+: These
editions describe and discuss sources consulted:
August
Longnon (1892, pp. lxxx-xciii)
W.
G. C. Bijvanck edition of L. (1892, pp. 18-114)
CJR: Lenglet-Dufresnoy's
Sources
More to come.
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D. Peckham, Ph.D.
Director, The Globe-Gate
Intercultural Web Project
University of Tennessee at Martin
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