Abstract
The late medieval prologue is a place for vernacular authors and translators alike to assert the worth and value of their texts. In the case of translators, the prologue serves as a means to identify and pay homage to their sources while at the same time asserting their own forms of adaptation and innovation. In this article examining one particular translator’s prologues from the period surrounding 1500, we elucidate how Octovien de Saint‑Gelais underlines the authority of his source text and highlights his own contribution, thereby justifying a re‑orientation of his source text’s political aims, and the construction of a narrative that stages his own literary identity.
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