Dérimer la lettre bilingue de Grâce de Dieu (Guillaume de Digulleville,Le Pèlerinage de l’âme, vers 1593 à 1784). Jean Galopes et ses mises en prose française et latine d’un morceau de bravoure

Abstract

Between 1422 and 1427, Jean Galopes adapted Guillaume de Deguileville’s Pèlerinage de l’âme (14th c.) into prose before translating his own French prose into Latin. These concatenated rewritings suggest that, during the 15th century, using prose was still a meaningful option. Indeed, while adapting Deguileville’s octosyllables, Galopes meddles with them more than when he translates his own French prose into Latin. His prose renderings of the highly sophisticated bilingual poem inserted by Deguilleville into his Pilgrimage shed light on his procedure: Galopes has abbreviated, dropped images and brought out underlying connexions. Such changes attest to his awareness of the specific potentials of prose, used for conveying moral teaching since the 13th century.