Louis Brandin

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Louis Maurice Brandin (born March 18, 1874 in Paris , † 1940 in London ) was a French Romanist and Medievalist who worked in England.

Life

Brandin, relative and student of Arsène Darmesteter , graduated from the École nationale des chartes and graduated in 1898 with the work Les Gloses françaises ("loazim") de Gerschom de Metz (in: Revue des études juives 42–43, 1901). Then he went to Edmund Stengel's French lecturer at the University of Greifswald , where he received his doctorate from Stengel in 1900 with the dissertation Inedita of the old French song manuscript Pb5 (Bibl. Nat. 846) (in: Journal for French Language and Literature 22, 1900). Brandin was from 1901 to 1939 field professor of French at University College London (successor: Brian Woledge ).

Works

  • (Ed. With Pierre Aubry, 1874–1910, and Alfred Jeanroy ) Lais et descorts français du XIIIe siècle , Paris, Welter, 1901; Geneva, Slatkine, 1975; Geneva, Minkoff, 1980.
  • (with WG Hartog) A Book of French prosody , London, Blackie, 1904.
  • (Ed. With Mayer Lambert, 1863–1930) Glossaire hébreu-français du XIIIe siècle , Paris, Leroux, 1905; Geneva, Slatkine, 1977.
  • (Ed. With Arsène Darmesteter) Les gloses françaises de Raschi dans la Bible, in: Revue des études juives 53–56, 1907–1908 (147 pages, foreword by Julien Weill, 1873–1950).
  • (Ed.) La chanson d'Aspremont. Chanson de geste du XIIe siècle , 2 vols., Paris, Champion, 1919–1921, 1923–1924, 1970; in 1 vol., 1925 (preface by Joseph Bédier ).
  • (Ed.) Fouke Fitz Warin. Roman du XIVe siècle , Paris, Champion, 1920, 1930.
  • (Ed.) Berthe au grand pied , Paris, Boivin, 1924 (adapted from New French, Bertrada the Younger ).
  • (Ed. With Alfred Jeanroy and Arthur Långfors ) Recueil général des jeux-partis français , Paris, Champion, 1926.
  • (Ed. And translator) Lais et fabliaux du XIIIe siècle , Paris, Boccard, 1932 (new French).
    • I. Le vair palefroi, par Huon Le Roy
    • II. Guillaume au faucon
    • III. Le partage de la couverture, by Bernier
    • IV. Les trois ménestrels bossus, par Durand
    • V. Les trois aveugles de Compiègne, by Courtebarbe
    • VI. Sire Hain et dame Anieuse, by Hue Piaucele
    • VII. Le vilain qui conquit le paradis en plaidant
    • VIII. Le vilain au buffet

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personal data
SURNAME Brandin, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandin, Louis Maurice (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Romanist and Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 1940
Place of death London