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[Mysteries]. Miracle de Nostre Dame, de Robert le Dyable, fi - Lot 557
[Mysteries]. Miracle de Nostre Dame, de Robert le Dyable, filz du Duc de Normendie, à qui il fu enjoint pour ses meffaiz qu'il féist le fol sans parler; et depuis ot Nostre Seignor mercy de li, et espousa la fille de l'Empereur. Published, for the first time, from a 14th-century ms. in the King's Library, by several members of the Société des Antiquaires de Normandie. Rouen, Édouard Frère, 1836.
In-8, with a miniature reproduced on wove paper as frontispiece, half marbled basane, ornate ribbed spine, orange title page, cover preserved (modern binding). Numerous brown spots.
Limited edition of 303 copies. The medieval text is preceded by a note on the character of Robert le Diable by Deville, a note on the manuscripts by Paulin Paris, and an explanation of the miniature by Pottier.
According to a legend that has probably circulated orally since the 11th century, the wife of the Duke of Normandy, Inde, despairing of having a child, had one with Satan, which remains a conceivable solution in the absence of any modern medical aid. Thus was born Robert le Diable. The child grew up to become a terror for his companions and the whole region. Until, as a teenager, his mother confessed his diabolical origin. Robert changed his attitude. He left Normandy and passed himself off as a madman, on the advice of a hermit. In Rome and Byzantium, he was noticed by the Emperor, who made him part of his court. The exile distinguished himself in three battles against the Saracens, saving the empire. The Emperor offered him his daughter's hand in marriage, but he refused, preferring to lead the life of a hermit. A link with elements of the life of Robert I the Magnificent (1010-1035), father of William the Conqueror, has been attempted since the Middle Ages (Frère II, 475.)
Bookplate G.-R. Piclin. Bookplate J.M.
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