Setting a Place in the Cent Nouvelles nouvelles: The Illustrations of Glasgow, Hunter 252

Author(s)

  • Catherine Emerson National University of Ireland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18352/relief.953

Keywords:

Cent nouvelles nouvelles, spatiality, illustration of place, manuscript as performance

Abstract

Reading MS Hunter 252 as a performance, this article examines the way that the manuscript’s illustrations enhance the spatial element of the collection. The case of tale 65 is examined in particular to show how the illustration of an identifiable place contributes to the tale. The illustration sets up multiple interrelations between different levels of diegesis, different spaces on the page and different stories in the collection to implicate the spectator (the viewer or reader) in the manuscript’s performance.

Cet article se rapporte au manuscrit Glasgow, Hunter 252. Nous étudions le côté ‘spectacle’ de ce manuscrit illustré et examinons comment les illustrations contribuent à la dimension spatiale du recueil. Nous analysons en particulier la 65e nouvelle, pour montrer comment l’illustration d’un endroit identifié contribue à notre compréhension du récit. L’illustration établit de multiples corrélations entre différents niveaux diégétiques, des espaces différents sur la page et des nouvelles différentes du recueil, pour impliquer le spectateur (celui qui lit le texte ou qui regarde les images) dans la création du spectacle du manuscrit.

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Author Biography

  • Catherine Emerson, National University of Ireland

    Catherine Emerson studied French and History at Trinity College Oxford, gaining a BA and a Master of Studies in Modern Languages. She completed a PhD in Hull in the French Department and the Centre for Medieval Studies. She lectured in Trinity College, Dublin, before coming to NUI Galway in 2002. Her publications deal mainly with the literature of the Burgundian Netherlands, and the early years of publishing in France.

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Published

2017-06-26

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2017): Text and Image

Section

II. Literary illustrated texts of the early modern period

License

All articles published in RELIEF appear in Open Access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). Under this licence, authors retain ownership of the copyright of their article, but they allow its unrestricted use, provided it is properly cited.

How to Cite

Emerson, C. (2017) “Setting a Place in the Cent Nouvelles nouvelles: The Illustrations of Glasgow, Hunter 252”, RELIEF - REVUE ÉLECTRONIQUE DE LITTÉRATURE FRANÇAISE, 11(1), pp. 82–95. doi:10.18352/relief.953.