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): description1, 2, 3, 4
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 |
Article by Giuseppi di Stefano
ARLIMA description
BNF: Archies et manuscrits - Ms-3523. Recueil de poésies du XVe siècle
B: MS.
Paris, BNF
fonds français 1661 (formerly
7652), containing
the following
work by Villon: description
ARLIMA description
Paper. Fifteenth century, sometime after 1464, containing
the following
work by Villon:
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|
L___ |
no. 18 |
fols.
236r-240v |
Br: MS Bruxelles
Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique VI 451.
Parchment. Copeid in 1568
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T1422-56
|
No. 110
|
fol. 110r & v
|
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T1457-72
|
No. 111
|
fol. 112r
|
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T1473-1506
|
No. 112
|
fols. 112r-13r
|
|
T1507-14
|
No. 113
|
fol. 113r
|
|
T1378-1405
|
No. 114
|
fols. 113v-14r
|
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T1515-42
|
No. 115
|
fol. 114r & v
|
|
T1691-1719
|
No. 116
|
fol. 115r & v
|
|
L
|
No. 117
|
fols. 115v-20v
|
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BJvi
|
No. 118
|
fol. 121r & v
|
|
BJi
|
No. 119
|
fols. 121v-22r
|
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BJii
|
No. 120
|
fols. 122v-23r
|
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BJv
|
No. 121
|
fol. 123r & v
|
|
T
|
No. 122
|
fols 124r-41r
|
|
PVxv
|
No. 123
|
fol. 141r & v
|
|
PVxiv
|
No. 124
|
fol. 141v
|
|
PVxi
|
No. 125
|
fol. 142r & v
|
|
PVxiii
|
No. 126
|
fols. 142v-43v
|
|
PVxvi
|
No. 127
|
fols. 143v-44v
|
|
PViv
|
Nos. 128/29
|
fols. 144v-45r
|
|
PVix
|
No. 130
|
fols. 145v-46r
|
|
PVv
|
No. 131
|
fol. 146r & v
|
Om. from L: vv. 25-72, 177-84, 197,
281-320.
Om. from T: vv. 1-1069, 1118-25,
1378-1405, 1422-1542, 1551-58, 1623, 1768-75, 1784-1805, 2003-23.
Om. from PViv: v. 7.
C: MS.
Paris,
BNF fonds français 20041 (formerly
fonds
Saint-Germain 1662): description
Paper. Fifteenth century, sometime after 1463. Most frequently cited
"best text"
ARLIMA description
facsimile
of T.327-52, from MS Paris BNF fr. 20041]
BNF: Archies et manuscrits - Français 20041
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PVxi
|
No. 2
|
fol. 107v
|
|
L
|
No. 3
|
fol. 108r
|
|
PVxv
|
No. 4
|
fol. 112v
|
|
T
|
No. 5
|
fol. 113r
|
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PVxii
|
No. 6
|
fol. 152r
|
|
PVx
|
No. 7
|
fol. 152v
|
Cc: MS.
Chantilly Bibliothèque
Condé, 723 (formerly 715), facsimile
Paper. 1482 or after, containing the
following
work by Villon:
The library
housed in the Château
de Chantilly
Dm: MS
Dijon Bibliothèque Municipale 517 (formerly 295) description1, 2,
3
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T978-89
|
no. 38
|
fol. 42v (Rom.an)
|
Dijon Chansonnier - PRoMS
F: MS.
Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket, V.u.22 (formerly French
LIII) ARLIMA description
Marcel Schwob facsimile Downleadable PDF file Recherches sur la tradition manuscrite de Villon
Paper. Fifteenth century, sometime after 1477, containing
the following
works by Villon:
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T1515-42
|
no. 3
|
fol. 2v
|
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PVii
|
no. 5
|
fol. 3v
|
|
T1591-1627
|
no. 36
|
fol. 21r
|
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T1422-56
|
no. 39
|
fol. 22v
|
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PVv
|
no. 42
|
fol. 24r
|
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BJvii
|
no. 43
|
fol. 25r
|
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BJviii
|
no. 44
|
fol. 25v
|
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BJix
|
no. 45
|
fol. 26r
|
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BJx
|
no. 46
|
fol. 26v
|
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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
H: MS Berlin, Staatliche Museen der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz,
Kupferstichkabinett, Signatur 78 B 17 (formerly Hamilton 674)
Parchment. After 1470, but probably not after 1485.
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PViv
|
No. 16
|
fol. 30r & v
|
|
PVviii
|
No. 31
|
fol. 39r & v
|
|
T1422-56
|
No. 39
|
fols. 41v-42r
|
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T1591-1627
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No. 43
|
fols. 45v-46r
|
|
T978-89
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No. 472
|
fol. 160r & v
|
Called the "Rohan
Chansonnier". See pp. 38-100 of Poetic
Anthologies of Fifteenth-Century France...
ARLIMA description
HK: MS The Hague,
Koninklijke Bibliotheek 124 G 20
Fifteenth Century
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T978-89
|
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fol. 131v
|
I: 1. London, British
Library IA 39903. Paris, BNF Rés
Ye 238 and Rés Ye
245,
(3 copies)
Illustrations
de Le Grant testament Villon et le petit (1489)
a
few pages from a gothic edition published in Paris (1490)
2. A printed edition, published in Paris (1490-1492)
3. J[ehan] Trepperel incunabula, published in Paris in 1497
and 1500.
4. Anonymous, printed in Paris in 1497, copy of same: Rés. Ye-246
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
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no. 2
|
fol. g1v-g2r
|
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PVxiv
|
no. 3
|
fol. g2v
|
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PVxi
|
no. 4
|
fol. g3r & v
|
|
PVxiii
|
no. 5
|
fol. g4r & v
|
|
PVxvi
|
no. 6
|
fols. g4v-g5r
|
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PViv
|
no. 7
|
fols. g5v-g6r
|
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PVv
|
no. 8
|
fol. g6r & v
|
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PVvi
|
no. 9
|
fols. g6v-g7r
|
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BJi
|
no. 10
|
fols. g7v-g8r
|
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BJii
|
no. 11
|
fol. g8r & v
|
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BJiii
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no. 12
|
fols. g8v-h1v
|
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BJiv
|
no. 13
|
fols. h1v-h2r
|
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BJv
|
no. 14
|
fol. h2r & v
|
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BJvi
|
no. 15
|
fols. h2v-h3r
|
|
L
|
no. 16
|
fols. h3r-h8v
|
Frank, Grace. "The sources of the oldest known edition of Villon." Romania (1923): 587-91.
Facsimiles of the first 1489 Levet edition: 1, 2.
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.
The Gallica facsimile
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:
LBl: MS London British Library Harley MS 512.
British Library Medieval manuscripts blog description
Facsimile of LB1 fol. 1r, containing text of T1692-1719
Detailed record for Harley 4196 - Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts (British Library)
N: MS. Paris BNF
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
|
BNF Department of mss description
ARLIMA description
Niv: MS Paris, BNF, Rés. Vmc. 57: description - Chansonnier
Nivelle de la Chaussée
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T978-89 |
no. 54
|
fols. 67v-68r
|
O1:
MS. Paris BNF français 25458 (formerly La Vallière 193)
Parchment. Last dated poem, February 14, 1458.
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PVi
|
no. 123a
|
pp. 154-58
|
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PVii
|
no. 123e
|
pp. 163-64
|
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PViii
|
no. 123f
|
p. 164
|
ARLIMA description
data.bnf.fr description
BNF: Archies et manuscrits - Français 25458
It belonged to
Charles d'Orléans. See Mary-Jo
Arn, supra.
O2:
MS. Paris BNF
français 1104 (formerly 73574)
Vellum. Between 1458 and 1465.
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PVi |
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fols. 28v-29r
|
|
PVii |
|
fol. 30r
|
|
PViii |
|
fol. 30r |
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T1591-1627
|
|
fol.113v
|
Last poem omits
vv. 1623 and 1626.
ARLIMA description
BNF: Archies et manuscrits - Français 1104
P: MS. Paris BNF
français 1719 (formerly 76863)
ARLIMA description
BNF: Archies et manuscrits - Français 1719
Paper. End of fifteenth century or beginning of sixteenth
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T1422-56
|
No. 465
|
fol. 151v
|
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T1238-65
|
No. 466
|
fol. 152v
|
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T329-56
|
No. 467
|
fol. 153r
|
|
T357-84 |
No. 468
|
fol. 153v
|
|
PViv |
No. 469
|
fol. 154r
|
|
T1591-1627
|
No. 470
|
fol. 155r
|
|
PVv
|
No. 471
|
fol. 155v
|
|
PVvi
|
No. 472
|
fol. 156r
|
|
T1968-95
|
No. 473
|
fol. 157r
|
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PVxv
|
No. 474
|
fol. 157v
|
|
PVxi
|
No. 475
|
fol. 158r
|
|
PVxiii
|
No. 476
|
fol. 159r
|
|
T1473-1506
|
No. 477
|
fol. 159v
|
|
PVx
|
No. 479
|
fol. 161r
|
|
PVxvi
|
No. 480
|
fol. 161v
|
Pa: MS. Paris BNF
français
833 (formerly 72152.2)
BNF Department of mss description
Parchment. Late fifteenth or early sixteenth century
ARLIMA description
BNF: Archies et manuscrits - Français 833
R: MS.
Paris BNF
français 12490 (formerly Ancien Supplément
Français 208)
Paper. Sixteenth century, after 1514. Partial description in "Lenglet's Sources".
"Ballades extraictes du testament et
codicille maistre Francois Villon"
The
manuscript contains 23 of Villon's fixed-form poems, likely copied from
an early printed edition
(except for PVviii, and the
absence of BJi-vi)
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T329-56
|
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|
fol. 84r
|
|
T329-56 |
|
fol. 85r
|
|
T385-412
|
|
fol. 85v
|
|
T625-80
|
|
fol. 86r
|
|
T873-909
|
|
fol. 87r
|
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T1238-73
|
|
fol. 87v
|
|
T1422-56
|
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fol. 88r
|
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T1473-1506
|
|
fol. 89r
|
|
T1515-42
|
|
fol. 89v
|
|
T1591-1627
|
|
fol. 90r
|
|
T1692-1719
|
|
fol. 158r
|
|
T1884-91
|
|
fol. 91v
|
|
T1892-1903
|
|
fol. 92r
|
|
T1968-95
|
|
fol. 92v
|
|
PVxv
|
|
fol. 92v
|
|
PVxiv
|
|
fol. 93v
|
|
PVxi
|
|
fol. 94r
|
|
Pxiii
|
|
fol. 94r
|
|
PVxvi
|
|
fol. 95r
|
|
PViv
|
|
fol. 96r
|
|
PVv
|
|
fol. 96v
|
|
PVvi
|
|
fol. 97v
|
|
PVviii
|
|
fol. 98r
|
|
Explicit
|
|
fol. 98v
|
ARLIMA description
BNF: Archies et manuscrits - Français 12490
S: MS.
Paris BNF français 2375 (formerly 8060)
Paper. Very late fifteenth century or early sixteenth century.
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PVviii
|
No. 8
|
fol. 42r & v
|
ARLIMA description
SP: MS St. Petersburg National Library of Russia fr. f. v. XIV. 7 - [contains T1422-1456 = "Ballade des langues ennuyeuses"].
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|
T1422-1456 |
no. 9
|
fol. 95r-95v
|
ARLIMA description
T: MS.
Paris, BNF français 24315 (formerly fonds La Vallière
65)
BNF Department of mss description
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
|
ARLIMA description
Tn: [MS Turin Biblioteca
Nazionale K II 361] (destroyed by fire in 1904, information gathered
through Allessandro Vitale Brovarone, "Un Nuovo Codice de François
Villon," Moyen Français 3 (1978): 85-88). The manuscript contained BJx, BJvii, PVv (Ballade des proverbes", and PVxvi (Request à la cour du Parlement).
Wc: MS.
Washington D.C., Library of Congress M2 1.L25 Case (formerly Paris,
Bibliothèque du Marquis de Laborde) facsimile 1,
2.
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.
Repues Franches (BNF Rés. Ye-1305): Recueil des repues franches
de Maistre Françoys Villon incunable
Source Descriptions and Other Relevant Bibliography
ABCFI+: These
editions describe and discuss sources consulted:
W.
G. C. Bijvanck edition of L. (1892, pp. 18-114)
Chaney, E.F. "François Villon: A Note on His Manuscripts"
August
Longnon (1892, pp. lxxx-xciii)
CJR: Lenglet-Dufresnoy's
Sources
BNF: Archies et manuscrits - Ms-2948. Préface et notes pour une édition des poésies de François Villon
Alden, Jane. Reading the loire valley chansonniers.
Arn, Mary-Jo. The
Poet's Notebook: The Personal Manunscript of Charles d'Orléans.
Tests and Translations, 3. Turnhout: Brepolis, 2008 [thorough
codicilogical study].
Chaney,
E. F. "Francois Villon: A note on his manuscripts." Bulletin of the John
Rylands Library (1947)
Peckham, Robert D. François
Villon: A Bibliography, Garland Medieval Bibliographies, 3. New
York & London: Garland Publishers, Inc., 1990, 7-27 [for
the number of official textual sources described (manuascripts and
early printed editions), the most comprehensive resource in print].
Sewright,
Kathleen Frances. Poetic Anthologies of Fifteenth-century France and
Their Relationship to Collections of the French Secular Polyphonic
Chanson. Chaple Hill: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Music Doctoral Publisher, 2008.
NEW VILLON MANUSCRIPT Delsaux,
Olivier. "Découverte d’un manuscrit inédit d’une ballade de François
Villon (Testament, vv. 1422-1456). Le manuscrit Saint-Pétersbourg,
Bibliothèque nationale de Russie, fr. f° v. XIV. 7." Le Moyen Français - Revue d'études linguistiques et littéraires 73, no. 2 (2014): 3-24. Abstract.
updated 12/12/21
Robert
D. Peckham, Ph.D.
Director, The Globe-Gate
Intercultural Web Project
University of Tennessee at Martin
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