Annotated French edition of Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval?
March 22, 2020 9:47 AM Subscribe
Late last night, I was researching, online, editions of Perceval ou le Conte du Graal and found one that had the original poem with ample footnotes, in French, on each page that explained individual words, provided line translations, etc. I thought I’d downloaded the PDF of this book, but when I checked this morning, it was not there.
I went back to the places I’d visited last night (Internet Archive, BnF Gallica, Google) and cannot find this volumed despite searching most of the morning. Assuming I didn’t dream it up in the wee hours, could I ask for help in tracking it down?
From its appearance, I would guess it was a 20th-century edition. Unfortunately, I can’t recall the published or the editors. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
I went back to the places I’d visited last night (Internet Archive, BnF Gallica, Google) and cannot find this volumed despite searching most of the morning. Assuming I didn’t dream it up in the wee hours, could I ask for help in tracking it down?
From its appearance, I would guess it was a 20th-century edition. Unfortunately, I can’t recall the published or the editors. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Was it this:
https://books.google.fr/books?id=3N0FAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr#v=onepage&q&f=false
posted by delphic at 10:49 AM on March 22, 2020
https://books.google.fr/books?id=3N0FAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr#v=onepage&q&f=false
posted by delphic at 10:49 AM on March 22, 2020
Response by poster: trig,
I saw the Busby this morning, but that wasn’t what I recalled from last night though it certainly fits my description, so thank you.
delphic,
I saw the Potvin as well (and I should have mentioned more prominently that it was the poem, rather than prose, version, though Potvin has both), but that wasn’t it either. Thanks for checking.
It was similar in format to Karl Bartsch’s annotation of von Eschenbach’s Parzival und Titurel: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8VEGAQAAIAAJ/page/n61/mode/2up
posted by the sobsister at 11:23 AM on March 22, 2020
I saw the Busby this morning, but that wasn’t what I recalled from last night though it certainly fits my description, so thank you.
delphic,
I saw the Potvin as well (and I should have mentioned more prominently that it was the poem, rather than prose, version, though Potvin has both), but that wasn’t it either. Thanks for checking.
It was similar in format to Karl Bartsch’s annotation of von Eschenbach’s Parzival und Titurel: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8VEGAQAAIAAJ/page/n61/mode/2up
posted by the sobsister at 11:23 AM on March 22, 2020
It's not clear from your description if you were able to revisit those sites systematically by pulling up a 'Show Full History' option in your browser, so I thought I'd mention it. Poking around in my own history a little, it also looks like Chrome reorders links when revisiting them, so it might get confusing unless you revisit every link since whenever.
posted by Wobbuffet at 12:11 PM on March 22, 2020
posted by Wobbuffet at 12:11 PM on March 22, 2020
Response by poster: Wobbuffet, thank you, that’s an excellent idea. Unfortunately, one browser doesn’t have it in its cache, and I was in incognito mode on the other, so no luck.
I’m now thinking it may have been the Gallimard Oeuvres complétes that I saw in excerpt form. Will continue searching.
posted by the sobsister at 1:04 PM on March 22, 2020
I’m now thinking it may have been the Gallimard Oeuvres complétes that I saw in excerpt form. Will continue searching.
posted by the sobsister at 1:04 PM on March 22, 2020
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posted by trig at 10:43 AM on March 22, 2020