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1). 11. Cariuilinii — MiiiHtvi' Kloy du Moid, diet Costentin. 



" La Rt'surrcetioii." The contents of the nianiiscrij)t seemed to 

 nijike it worthy of attention, as it contains not onl}' various forms of 

 poetrv common to tlie beginning of the sixteenth century but also 

 one hundred of the Latin distichs of Faust Andrelin, poet laureate 

 of Louis XIL Each of these Latin distichs is translated into a 

 French distich and is accompanied by from one to four French 

 maxims, or so-called "appendices," which are based on the Latin 



distich. 



The nianuscrii)t is described as follows in the catalogue of the 

 manuscripts of the National Library : "Manuscrit 2237, Poesies de 

 "maistre Eloy du Mont, diet Costentin" commen9ant- par, 



" Le Redempteur, Franyo^'s, roy tres chrestien 

 " Vous a promis au ciel saturite " 



et finissant par : 



" Par mort cruelle, en attendant la fin, 

 " Que du bon roy nature soit contente." 



Le recueil comprend dizains, chant royal, rondeau, cent distiques' 

 de " Faust Andrelin," traduits par " Costentin," avec dedicace, 

 ballades et quelques autres petites pieces fran5aises et latines .... 

 Jacobi Galli hexasticbon, (fol. 43) "carmen" in translationem dis- 

 tichorum faustinorum in linguam franciscara." Velin, miniatures, 

 lettres ornees, seizi^me siecle. (Anc. 8012.)" 



The following facts should be added to this description : The 

 manuscript contains forty-nine leaves of parchment and five fly- 

 leaves of paper. On the first fly-leaf are found the words, " Z68 

 Costentin serf du R03'. Faust Andrelin." The first two leaves of 

 parchment are blank. The writing begins on the verse of the third 

 leaf of parchment. On the recto of this leaf has been written the 

 following date mcccclxxxviii. The leaves are 8fX64^ inches, the 

 lines in one column, with twenty -two lines to a page. Manuscript 

 in good condition, and handwriting clear. The rubrics are in red, 

 with two exceptions which are in blue. Capitals of each verse 

 black with gold shading except fol. iv, where they are entirely gold. 



' Eloy du Mont gives this nwmber (fol. 10, recto) ; in reality, there are one 

 hundred and six. The author, in three places, counts two Latin distichs written 

 on the same subject as one distich. We find six pairs thus treated ; 18-19, 

 22-23, 28-29, 42-43, 60-61, 88-89. If we count each of these pairs as a single 

 distich, we have the one hundred distichs of which he speaks. 



