Abstract
The article focuses on the reception of Meliadus’ identity in the printed edition of Meliadus de Leonnoys by Galliot du Pré (1528). It compares the prologue and the denouement of the edition to the 13th century Roman de Meliadus, to the Roman de Guiron, as well as to the incunabulum of Tristan published by Jehan le Bourgoys (1489). The prologue links Meliadus to two forms of lineage : a symbolic lineage of historical figures, and a carnal lineage of kings and ancessors. As for the denouement, it weaves around the hero a web of revenge relations that distort the meaning of Tristan legend’s past. Both the prologue and the denouement emphasize Meliadus’ aristocratic identity. The appendix contains a transcription of the end of Meliadus de Leonnoys, next to the text of Tristan given both by the Paris manuscript, BnF, fr. 103 and by the incunabulum of 1489.
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