Jaufre
Sign in to saveJaufre (also called Jaufré or Jaufri) is the only surviving Arthurian romance written in Occitan. A verse romance approximately 11,000 lines long, its main character is equivalent to Sir Griflet son of Do, a Knight of the Round Table known from other literature and deriving ultimately from the minor Welsh deity Gilfaethwy, son of the ancestral goddess Dôn ( compare the name of Jaufre's mother, Dovon ) and a character in Math fab Mathonwy, fourth of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi. Translations of Jaufre were popular on the Iberian Peninsula; a version of the tale (from a Spanish redaction) e
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- Author
- Ross G. Arthur
- First published
- 2014
- Editions
- 6
- Subjects
- Arthurian romances, Literature, translations into english, Romances, Provençal, Translations into English, Cycle d'Arthur, POETRY, European, French
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- publication date
- 1300-00-00
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28 sectionsContents
- Synopsis
- Prologue: 1–55
- King Arthur's Court: 95–485
- The Knight Jaufre: 486–713
- Estout de Verfeuil: 714–1331
- The Knight of the White Lance and his Dwarf: 1332–1657
- <!--The Soldier/Yeoman-->The Sergeant: 1658–2180
- The Lepers: 2181–3016
- Castle Monbrun: 3017–4167
- <!--The Herdsman-->The Cowherd: 4168–4343
- Augier d'Essart: 4344–4878
- The Tortured Knight: 4879–5169
- The Black Knight: 5170–5660
- The Giant: 5661–5840
- Taulat de Rougemont: 5841–6684
- Augier's Daughter: 6685–6923
- Brunissen: 6924–7978
- Melian de Monmelior: 7979–8326
- Felon d'Auberue: 8327–9426
- Wedding at Cardeuil: 9427–10248
- <!--Fada de Gibel-->Fairy of Gibel: 10249–10691
- Return to Monbrun: 10692–10956
- Author and dating
- Texts and translations
- Early adaptations
- Taulat de Rougemont
- Notes
- References
Jaufre (also called Jaufré or Jaufri) is the only surviving Arthurian romance written in Occitan. A verse romance approximately 11,000 lines long, its main character is equivalent to Sir Griflet son of Do, a Knight of the Round Table known from other literature and deriving ultimately from the minor Welsh deity Gilfaethwy, son of the ancestral goddess Dôn ( compare the name of Jaufre's mother, Dovon ) and a character in Math fab Mathonwy, fourth of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi. Translations of Jaufre were popular on the Iberian Peninsula; a version of the tale (from a Spanish redaction) even exists in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines.
==Synopsis==