La letteratura apocrifa in lingua d’oc sub specie traditionis: i manoscritti Paris, BnF, fr. 1745 e London, BL, Harley 7403

Abstract

This article aims to present the very first results of a work in fieri: the inventory and examination of all Occitan manuscripts reporting texts (or textual extracts) of an apocryphal nature. It is a project entitled "La letteratura apocrifa in lingua d’oc sub specie traditionis: dai testi ai manoscritti, dai manoscritti al corpus". In particular, after a brief allusion to some manuscript witnesses involved in the corpus of apocrypha in langue d’oc, the contribution mainly focuses on two examples of miscellanies: the ms. BnF, fr. 1745 and the ms. BL, Harley 7403. Thus, by analyzing the content and by relating the texts and manuscripts themselves, we try not only to rethink the history and geography of the codices, but also to highlight the environments of production, reception and use of the manuscripts.