Raimon de Castelnou
Raimon de Castelnou was an
Catholic doctrine and ethics. There is a sirventes attributed to him in some manuscripts, but its attribution is disputed.[1]
Raimon's treatise, the Doctrinal, contains 400 lines divided into 14
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ashburnham 40b.[2] In it, Raimon describes himself as a poor knight who gave up "worthless singing" under the influence of some good clergymen.[2] The Doctrinal is mostly about the sacraments, but also ethics.[1][2] It was intended for a popular audience and for public recitation.[2]
The authenticity of the attribution of the sirventes to Raimon is argued by Vicenç Beltrán. It is found in three
Gregory X, who dissuaded him from pursuing his claim on the Holy Roman Empire. From the authenticity of this sirventes, it follows that Raimon's patrons were Counts Hugh IV and Henry II of Rodez.[3]
Works
- The cansos are all found in chansonnier C. Although each is attributed to R. de Castelnou, the table of contents mistakenly gives his name as Ymbert de Castelnou.[4]
- Ar a ben dos ans passatz
- Aras, puc ai luec e sazo
- De servir a bon senhor
- Entr'ir'et alegrier m'estau
- Ges, si tot es tan suau
- The sirventes is attributed to Raimon in chansonniers C, R and a1; to Peire explicitly in Db and M and implicitly in T; to Daipol (perhaps Guilhem d'Autpol) in f; and is anonymous in Y.[3]
- Mon chantar voill retrair'al cominal
- Doctrinal, the incipit of which is E.nom de Dieu lo Paire e de la Trinitat[4]
Editions
- Giannetti, Andrea, ed. Raimon de Castelnou: Canzoni e dottrinale. Biblioteca di filologia romanza, 33. Bari: Adriatica, 1988.
References
- ^ a b c Robert A. Taylor, A Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Troubadours and Old Occitan Literature, Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture, 2 (Kamloops: Medieval Institute Publications, 2015), pp. 505–506.
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- ^ a b Vicenç Beltrán, "Tipos y temas trovadorescos, XIV: Alfonso X, Raimon de Castelnou y la corte literaria de Rodez", in Anton Touber (ed.), Le rayonnement des troubadours: Actes du colloque de l'AIEO, Amsterdam, 16–18 oct., 1995 (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1998), pp. 19–39.
- ^ a b Bibliografia Elettronica dei Trovatori, version 2.5 (2012).