In:
Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, PERSEE Program, Vol. 39, No. 155 ( 1996), p. 187-210
Abstract:
In the Mss Paris BN lat. 2627 and Paris BN lat. 18304 we find two funeral complaints in honour of Odilo abbot of Cluny : firstly, the Planctus de transitu domni Odilonis abbatis Cluniacensis, a poem which contains 145 elegantly composed dactylic hexameters, paraphrasing the Song of Solomon, and representing Odilo's earthly death as the saint's marriage with Christ ; then, a second poem, entitled Rytmus de eodem patre, which is a simpler rythmical piece based on the same themes. After briefly retracing the history of the poetical genre planctus, this article gives for each text : a new edition, a french translation and a literary commentary, then indicates the reasons for which both poems were written : the first planctus is not, as has often been said, a part of a liturgical or dramatical celebration, but a text to be read ; the second one, intended to be sung (as is pointed out by its versification and by the musical notation which accompanies it in one codex), belongs to the genre chanson.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0007-9731
DOI:
10.3406/ccmed.1996.2649
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
1996
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1405-9
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2710956-2
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220287-6
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9,10
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8
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