Albéric de Pisançon

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Illustration to the medieval Alexander novel

Albéric de Pisançon (also: Alberich de Besançon ) was a French poet of the Middle Ages from the Franco-Provencal-speaking area of Lyon - Vienne - Romans .

meaning

The name of this otherwise anonymous poet is known and passed down solely through his Franco-Provencal song of Alexander . It was probably created around 1100 and was based on the "Res Gestae Alexandri Macedonis" by Iulius Valerius and probably on the "Historia de preliis Alexandri Magni" by Leo of Naples . Alberich's Alexanderlied has only survived as a fragment of 105 verses.

Alberich translated the Alexander novel from Latin into a Franco-Provencal mixed dialect of French, Provencal and Latin phrases and put it in eight-syllable verses. The composition in verse made the oral presentation easier, the use of the Francoprovencal vernacular made it easy to understand and widespread. Also noticeable is his own naming, for which there are no parallels in France before 1100.

Around 1150 the Pfaffe Lamprecht translated Alberich's Alexanderlied into Middle High German . With his Alexanderlied Lamprecht created the first large narrative in the German language. The original text is lost, but with the “Vorauer”, the “Straßburger” and the “Basler Alexander” several versions of the material have been preserved. The author of the French model is mentioned in the "Vorauer Alexander" Alberich von Bisinzo and in the "Strasbourg Alexander" Elberîch von Bisenzun .

literature

  • Angelica Rieger: The Alexander novel. A chivalric novel about Alexander the Great. Text and picture book with illustrations from the manuscript 78 C 1 Kupferstichkabinett. Berlin / Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-928127-97-7 .
  • Ulrich Mölk : Alberics Alexanderlied , in: Jan Cölln, Susanne Friede, Hartmut Wulfram (ed.) With the collaboration of Ruth Finckh: Alexander Dichtungen im Mittelalter. Cultural self-determination in the context of literary relationships. Collaborative Research Center “Internationality of National Literature”, Wallstein Verlag Göttingen, August 2000, pp. 21–36, ISBN 978-3892441991 .

Web links

Commons : Alexander romance  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Angelica Rieger: The Alexander novel. A chivalric novel about Alexander the Great , p. 165.
  2. ↑ Ulrich Mölk: Alberics Alexanderlied , p. 22.
personal data
SURNAME Albéric de Pisançon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alberich von Bisinzo; Elberîch from Bisenzun; Alberich de Besançon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author of the Middle Ages
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH 12th Century