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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2020
Although French fable literature played a prominent part in the evolution of the Æsopic Fable in the Middle Ages, no general account of its history and development has as yet been written by any modern scholar. Single collections of French fables dating from this period have been published from time to time in more or less critical editions, and certain phases of the more general field have been investigated by various scholars, but it is believed that the present paper may justly claim to be the first general survey of Old French Fable Literature within certain well-defined limits.
page 208 note 1 See Lille, Bibliothèque Municipale, B. 1511, fo 382.
page 209 note 1 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouv. acq. fr. 5692, fo 166 b.
page 209 note 2 Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, fr. 2768, contains copies made from this ms. (Vidimus, Aug. 3 and 4, 1897.)
page 209 note 3 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouv. acq. fr. 5692, fo 358a.
page 210 note 1 See Lille, Bibliothèque Municipale, B. 1511, fo 382.
page 210 note 2 Described in Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale, 11675–11676, fo 171 vo. (Vidimus, June 25, 1897.)
page 210 note 3 Lille, Archives de l'ancienne Chambre des Comptes.
page 210 note 4 Dijon, Archives de l'ancienne Chambre des Comptes.
page 210 note 5 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouv. acq. fr. 5457, p. 39.
page 210 note 6 See ms. catalogue formerly in the Abbaye de St.-Germain des Prés.
page 210 note 7 Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 2105 was copied from this ms. ab. 1650.
page 211 note 1 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 9371, fo 15b.
page 211 note 2 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, 4161 (olim 3137), p. 225.
page 211 note 3 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 4629 (olim 839 F), p. 179.
page 211 note 4 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 4629 (olim 839 F), p. 193.
page 211 note 5 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 4629 (olim 839 F), p. 179.
page 211 note 6 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 4629 (olim 839 F), pp. 202–204. This ms. is also mentioned in the autograph ms. of Étienne Barbazan, Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, fr. 3519, pp. 150–151 (Vidimus, Aug. 14, 1897), and in Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, fr. 2765, fo 1 ro (Vidimus, Aug. 2, 1897). Moreover, Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, fr. 3123, contains copies made from this ms. (Vidimus, Aug. 5, 1897).
page 212 note 1 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 9372.
page 212 note 2 Described in Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Boyale, 11675–11676, fo 224 ro. (Vidimus, June 26, 1897.)
page 212 note 3 See Lille, Bibliothèque Municipale, B. 1511, fo 382.
page 213 note 1 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouv. acq. fr. 5459, p. 22.
page 213 note 2 See ms. catalogue formerly in the Abbaye de St.-Germain des Prés.
page 213 note 3 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 9371, fo 15 b.
page 213 note 4 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, 4161 (olim 3137), p. 225.
page 214 note 1 Described in Bruxelles, Bibliothèque Royale, 11675–11676, fo 224 ro. (Vidimus, June 26, 1897.)
page 214 note 2 See Lille, Bibliothèque Municipale, B. 1511, fo 382.
page 214 note 3 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouv. acq. fr. 5459, p. 22.
page 214 note 4 See ms. catalogue formerly in the Abbaye de St.-Germain des Prés.
page 214 note 5 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 9371, fo 15 b.
page 214 note 6 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, 4161 (olim 3137), p. 225.
page 215 note 1 Missing in the Inventaire de 1424: Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Q. 5. f.; Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, H1934.
page 215 note 2 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 9430.
page 215 note 3 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 2700.
page 215 note 4 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 2700 (No. 238), and Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Fonds Baluze 397 (No. 241).
page 215 note 5 See Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 9430, fo 1 vo.
page 215 note 6 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 9430.
page 215 note 7 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 2700.
page 215 note 8 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 2700, and in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Fonds Baluze 397.
page 215 note 9 See Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Fonds Clairambault, Sceaux 216, p. 9667, dated at Vincennes, Nov. 23, 1377.
page 215 note 10 This ms. was probably copied from the ms. described in the Inventaire de la Librarie qui est en la Maison à Bruges, No. 181, ab. 1467, preserved among the Archives de l'Ancienne Chambre des Comptes at Lille. See nest item below.
page 216 note 1 Lille, Archives de l'ancienne Chambre des Comptes.
page 216 note 2 See Inventaire de Dijon in 1420, No. 149.
page 216 note 3 Lille, Archives de l'ancienne Chambre des Comptes.
page 216 note 4 Described in Paris, Archives Nationales, reg. KK258.
page 216 note 5 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 11496.
page 216 note 6 Described in Paris, Archives Nationales, reg. K534.
page 216 note 7 Described in Paris, Archives Nationales, reg. K269.
page 216 note 8 Described in Paris, Archives Nationales, reg. K534.
page 216 note 9 Described in Paris, Archives Joursanvault, No. 839.
page 217 note 1 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 9372.
page 217 note 2 Missing in the Inventaire de 1424: Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Q. 5. f.; Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, H1934.
page 217 note 3 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 9430.
page 217 note 4 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 2700.
page 217 note 5 Described in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 2700 (No. 121), and Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Fonds Baluze 397 (No. 122).
page 218 note 1 See Lille, Bibliothèque Municipale, B. 1511, fo 382.
