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
Rythner-Henry), PD = Poésies Diverses (in Longnon-Foulet and
Mühlenthaler-Hicks), T = Testament
A: MS. Paris,
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3523 (ancien 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 (ancien 7652)
Paper. Fifteenth century, sometime after 1464
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|
L___ |
no. 18 |
fols.
236r-240v |
C: MS. Paris,
BNF fonds français 20041 (ancien fonds
Saint-Germain 1662)
Paper. Fifteenth century, sometime after 1463
Cc: MS. Musé
Condé, 723 (ancien 715), housed in the Château
de Chantilly
Paper. 1482 or after.
F: MS.
Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket, V.u.22 (formerly French LIII)
Paper. Fifteenth century, sometime after 1477
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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
|
I: London, British
Library IA 39903. Paris, BNF Rés Ye 328 and Rés 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).
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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
|
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BJii
|
no. 11
|
fol. g8r & v
|
|
BJiii
|
no. 12
|
fols. g8v-h1v
|
|
BJiv
|
no. 13
|
fols. h1v-h2r
|
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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)
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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.
More to come.
Robert
D. Peckham, Ph.D.
Director, The Globe-Gate
Intercultural Web Project
University of Tennessee at Martin
bobp@utm.edu