The first book of the Roman de Fauvel in the writing (and in the iconography) of Paris B.N.fr.146 manuscript

Abstract

The tradition of the Roman de Fauvel, realization of the most conspicuous satirical late-medieval allegory, has twelve manuscripts, to which are added two fragments of unequal length. In the twelve manuscripts, the text of Fauvel preserved includes the two Livres traditionally attributed to Gervais du Bus: With three exceptions, where the manuscripts I transcribe only the Book, that situation may correspond to some accidental factor, or depend on the use of a copy I carried the book, but also reflect the situation of an exemplar that has gone only this, which occurred in the composition and distribution of both books now finished. In one case, however, in the Paris BNfr.146 manuscript, the status of the text is exactly the opposite: the transcription, or one that appears as such, there has decreased, but is rather increased with a high number of additions.