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Octavian (version méridionale)
Titre: | Aucun titre dans le ms. |
Date: | Vers 1350 |
Langue: | Anglais |
Genre: | Roman |
Forme: | 1962 vers |
Contenu: | Traduction du roman français d'Othevien empereor de Rome. |
Incipit: | Jesu, þat was with spere ystonnge, and for vs hard and sore yswonnge, glady both old and yonnge, with wytte honest, that wylled a whyle ster her tonnge And herkeny gest!… |
Explicit: | … Thus clerkys seyth yn her wrytynge, Þat falsnesse comeþ to euel endynge. Jesu vs to hys blysse brynge, Boþ old and yonge, As he for vs on þe rode hyng Wyth spere ystong! |
Manuscrits
- London, British Library, Cotton, Caligula A. II, f. 22va-35rb [⇛ Description]
Éditions anciennes
Éditions modernes
- Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries: published from ancient manuscripts, with an introduction, notes, and a glossary by Henry Weber, Edinburgh, Constable, 1810, 3 t. (ici t. 3, p. 155-239 et 374-375) [GB: t. 1, t. 1, t. 2, t. 3] [HT] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3]
- Octavian. Zwei mittelenglische Bearbeitungen der Sage herausgegeben von Dr. Gregor Sarrazin, Heilbronn, Henninger (Altenglische Bibliothek, 3), 1885, xlv + 191 p. [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
Compte rendu: Karl Breul, dans Englische Studien, 9, 1886, p. 456-466. [GB] [HT] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
- Six Middle English Romances, edited with an introduction by Maldwyn Mills, London, Dent; Totowa, Rowman and Littlefield (Everyman's University Library, 1090), 1973, xxxiii + 224 p. [IA]
Réimpressions:- Six Middle English Romances, edited with an introduction by Maldwyn Mills, London et Melbourne, Dent (Everyman Classics), 1988, xxxiii + 224 p. [IA]
- Six Middle English Romances, edited with an introduction by Maldwyn Mills, London, Dent; Rutland (VT), Tuttle (Everyman's Library), 1992, xxxiii + 224 p. [IA]
- Four Middle English Romances, edited by Harriet Hudson, Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University (Middle English Texts), 1996, 241 p.
Traductions modernes
Études
- Fischer, Erna, Der Lautbestand des südmittelenglischen "Octavian" vergleichen mit seinen Entsprechungen im "Lybeaus Desconus" und im "Launfal", Heidelberg, Winter (Anglistische Forschungen, 63), 1927, viii + 216 p.
- Kaluza, Max, « Thomas Chestre, Verfasser des Launfal, Libeaus Desconus und Octovian », Englische Studien, 18, 1893, p. 165-190. [GB] [HT] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2, ex. 3]
- Mills, Maldwyn, « The composition and style of the "Southern" Octavian, Sir Launfal and Libeaus Desconus », Medium Ævum, 31:2, 1962, p. 88-109. DOI: 10.2307/43626973
Répertoires bibliographiques
Rédaction: Laurent Brun
Dernière mise à jour: 15 janvier 2024
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