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: 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
|
|
T1457-72
|
No. 111
|
fol. 112r
|
|
T1473-1506
|
No. 112
|
fols. 112r-13r
|
|
T1507-14
|
No. 113
|
fol. 113r
|
|
T1378-1405
|
No. 114
|
fols. 113v-14r
|
|
T1515-42
|
No. 115
|
fol. 114r & v
|
|
T1691-1719
|
No. 116
|
fol. 115r & v
|
|
L
|
No. 117
|
fols. 115v-20v
|
|
BJvi
|
No. 118
|
fol. 121r & v
|
|
BJi
|
No. 119
|
fols. 121v-22r
|
|
BJii
|
No. 120
|
fols. 122v-23r
|
|
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"
facsimile
of T.327-52, from MS Paris BNF fr. 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
|
|
PVxii
|
No. 6
|
fol. 152r
|
|
PVx
|
No. 7
|
fol. 152v
|
Cc: MS.
Chantilly Bibliothèque
Condé, 723 (formerly 715),
The library
housed in the Château
de Chantilly
Paper. 1482 or after, containing the
following
work by Villon:
Dm: MS
Dijon Bibliothèque Municipale 517 (formerly 295) description
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|
T978-89
|
no. 38
|
fol. 42v (Rom.an)
|
F: MS.
Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket, V.u.22 (formerly French
LIII) description
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
H: MS. Berlin
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
|
|
T1591-1627
|
No. 43
|
fols. 45v-46r
|
|
T978-89
|
No. 472
|
fol. 160r & v
|
Called the "Rohan
Chansonnier". See pp. 38-100 of Poetic
Anthologies of Fifteenth-Century France...
HK: MS The Hague,
Koninklijke Bibliotheek 124 G 20
Fifteenth Century
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T978-89
|
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fol. 131v
|
I: 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 J[ehan] Trepperel incunabula, published in Paris in 1497
and 1500.
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. g7v-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
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
|
Niv: Chansonnier
Nivelle de la Chaussée: MS Paris, BNF, Rés. Vmc. 57
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|
T978-89 |
no. 54
|
fols. 67v-68r
|
O1:
MS. Paris BNF français 25456 (formerly La Vallière 193)
Parchment. Last dated poem, February 14, 1458.
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|
PVi
|
no. 123a
|
pp. 154-58
|
|
PVii
|
no. 123e
|
pp. 163-64
|
|
PViii
|
no. 123f
|
p. 164
|
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 |
|
T1591-1627
|
|
fol.113v
|
Last poem omits
vv. 1623 and 1626.
P: MS. Paris BNF
français 1719 (formerly 76863)
Paper. End of fifteenth century or beginning of sixteenth
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T1422-56
|
No. 465
|
fol. 151v
|
|
T1238-65
|
No. 466
|
fol. 152v
|
|
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
|
|
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)
Parchment. Late fifteenth or early sixteenth century
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
|
|
T1238-73
|
|
fol. 87v
|
|
T1422-56
|
|
fol. 88r
|
|
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
|
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
|
T: MS.
Paris, BNF 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) description 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:
August
Longnon (1892, pp. lxxx-xciii)
W.
G. C. Bijvanck edition of L. (1892, pp. 18-114)
CJR: Lenglet-Dufresnoy's
Sources
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].
More to come.
Robert
D. Peckham, Ph.D.
Director, The Globe-Gate
Intercultural Web Project
University of Tennessee at Martin
bobp@utm.edu
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