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<i>Qq</i> +VATICAN, VAT. LAT. 4794

Mid 15th c.; paper; 300*210; 217 ff.; 32 lines; contemporary table of contents. 
An inscription on fol. 216v reads: 'Ce livre est A me Bertran b(l?). . .
secretaire du roy qui l'achata A paris Au palays le vandredi cinq jour
d'octobre M cccc lxiiij'.  Maistre Bertran has not been identified; his surname
has been erased.

1. Fol. 1r, [<i>La Belle Dame sans Mercy</i>].
Fol. 13r, <i>Explicit la belle dame sans mercy</i>.
803=800 lines.  Stanza LXXVIII is misplaced and follows stanza LXXX.  Three
lines are repeated:line 171 between 178 and 179; 577 between 640 and 641; 707
between 714 and 715.
2. Ff. 13v-14r, [<i>La Requeste Baillee aux Dames contre Alain</i>].
3. Ff. 14r-v, [<i>Les Lettres des Dames a Alain</i>].
4. Ff. 15r-18v, [<i>L'Excusacion aux Dames</i>].
240=238 lines.  Lacks lines 1 and 17.  Lines 5 and 14 are repeated.  The
stanzas are in the order: I-X, XII-XIII, XI, XIV-XX, XXV-XXVIII, XXI-XXIV,
XXIX-XXX.  Between stanzas XIV and XV is the heading 'Responce".
5. Fol. 19r, [<i>Le Debat de Reveille Matin</i>].
Fol. 24v, <i>Explicit le debat resveille matin</i>.
359 lines.  Lacks lines 1, 17-24.
10. Fol. 79r, [<i>Le Breviaire des Nobles</i>].
Fol. 86r, <i>Explicit le breviaire des nobles</i>.
431 lines.  Lacks lines 1, 89, 126, 211, 230, 257, 315-17, 328-9, 340, 380,
392, 401.
11. Fol. 87r, [<i>La Complainte</i>].
Fol. 89v, <i>Explicit le lay contre la mort</i>.
182 lines.  Lacks lines 1, 139.
12. Fol. 90r, [<i>Le Lay de Plaisance</i>].
Fol. 92v, <i>Explicit le lay fait le premier jour de l'an</i>.
183 lines.  Lacks lines 1, 6, 10, 73, 85, 92-5, 112, 150, 170, 193.
13. Fol. 93r, [<i>Le Lay de Paix</i>].
Fol. 96v, <i>Explicit le lay de paix</i>.
266=267 lines.  Lacks lines 1, 11, 15, 44, 52-3, 56, 80, 89, 121, 143, 155,
169-70, 196, 227, 248, 257, 283.  Includes lines 156a, 273a.  Lines 63-4, 87-8
and 271-2 are inverted.  Lines 94 and 101 have been transposed and lines 161-3
written as two lines.
14. Fol. 97r, [<i>Le Debat des Deux Fortun&eacute;s d'Amours</i>].
Fol. 115v, <i>Explicit le gras et le maigre</i>.
1233 plus 4 lines.  Lacks lines 443-4, 495, 624, 635, 653, 820, 1021, 1177.
15. Fol. 117r, [<i>Le Livre des Quatre Dames</i>].
Fol. 166v, <i>Explicit les quatre dames</i>.
3284 lines.  247 lines are omitted, including lines 1962-2133.
16. Ff. 167r-216v, <i>C'est le quadrilogue Maistre Alain Chartier</i>.

The imitations of the <i>Belle Dame sans Mercy</i> in <i>Qq</i> were discussed
by Piaget.  The manuscript was also included in the bibliographies of the
<i>Livre des Quatre Dames</i>, the <i>Debat des Deux Fortun&eacute;s
d'Amours</i>, the <i>Belle Dame sans Mercy</i> and the <i>Breviaire des
Nobles</i>.
<i>Qq</i> was used in the edition of the four poems and was found to be
individual and irregular.  Only one of the texts in <i>Qq</i> is complete.  In
its text of the <i>Debat de Reveille Matin</i>, <i>Qq</i> resembles <i>Oa</i>
and <i>Qo</i>.  The other three texts which were examined were found to be in
the same tradition as <i>Nf</i> and <i>Nj</i> but to be of much poorer quality. 
Where the <i>Complainte</i> and the <i>Lay de Paix</i> are concerned, <i>Qq</i>
and <i>Nb</i> are very similar.    

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