Sala, Pierre (1457-1529)
Tristan, written by Pierre Sala of Lyon in the years 1520-1528, derives from the medieval Italian tradition of the Tristan and Lancelot story cycles in prose about the knights of the round table. Stories about the idealized friendship between Tristan and Lancelot shift between the adventures of the knights of the round table and their romantic intrigues. A mere two manuscripts transmit this Renaissance work by Pierre Salas. The codex held by Fondation Bodmer is the dedication copy made for King Francis I of France. It is illustrated with twenty-six pen and aquarelle drawings.
Online Since: 04/26/2007
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- Sala, Pierre: Texte (fol. 2v)
Incipit: fol. 3r Que en ce temps, Tristant et la belle reyne Yseut estoient dedans Tintaget, ou ils demenoient leurs amours le plus clairement qu'ilz pouvoient, car le maulvays Andret avoit desja faict au roy Marc des raportz dont Tristan et la reyne se doulloient moult et luy en portoient moult grande hayne en leurs cueurs. Estant ainsi que je vous diz, print ung jour envye a Tristan d'aller ung petit à l'esbat; si commanda que son cheval luy fust apresté, ce qui fut tost (fol. 3v) fait; et il monte dessus sans prendre nulles armes, fors seullement son espee, et s'en yst hors de Tintagel et ne souffre que nul le suyve. Si se print a cheulcher parmy une moult belle plaine, pensant es parolles de Andret, qui touchoient mout grandement l'honneur de luy et de la royne, dont il disoit en luy mesmes qu'il en prendroit ung jour vengeance
Explicit: fol. 220Messire Gauvein et Bertrand furent moult joyeulx de celle paix, et encores plus Lancelot qui veoit que son amy vivroit doresenevant en repos ; la Sage Dame et Bohors certes n'en eurent pas moings de joye. Dix jours dura entierement la feste pour ceste venue, ou il eust maintz passetemps. Lancelot, au chef de dix jours, demandda au roi Marc congé et a la royne Yseut et a son bon amy Tristan pour tourner vers le roy Artus, dont moult fort leur despleust a tous, et par exprés a Tristan, mais a souffrir leur convint car nul ne l'en osa desdire. Si se feit Lancelot armer et si feirent tous ses deux compaignons, messire Bohors et Bertrand, et feirent monter la Sage Dame; puys se meisrent en leur chemyn, tirant au royaume de Logres. Et Tristan demoura en Cornoaille. Et a tant d'eulx je me tayray et feray la fin de mes comptes, car au livre ou les ay pris je n'en treuve pas plus avant.
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In 1511, the Benedictine Jean d'Auton (around 1466-1528), chronicler at the court of Louis XII, initiated a contest to write fictional letters to the king. For this contest, he wrote the Epistre d'Hector au roy, which was answered, among others, by Jean Lemaire de Belges with his Epistre du roy Loys à Hector. This Geneva manuscript begins with a full-page illustration, executed by an artist named Maître des Entrées, active in Lyon. It depicts Hector presenting a book to a satyr in front of an army of soldiers in armor, some of whom are crowned with the poets' laurel wreath. The numerous references to antiquity, textual as well as visual, are typical for the humanist milieu of Lyon, which included the owner of this manuscript, Jean Sala, half-brother of the famous author and antiquities enthusiast Pierre Sala.
Online Since: 10/10/2019
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- Auton, Jean d' (Author) | Bourdichon, Jean (Illuminator) | Lullin, Ami (Former possessor) | Petau, Alexandre (Former possessor) | Sala, Pierre (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description