Allegories of power : the Tournament of vices and virtues in the Roman de Fauvel (BN MS Fr. 146)

Author

Regalado, Nancy Freeman

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Gesta. 1993, Num. 2, Vol. 32, 135-146, 10 ill.

ISSN

0016-920X

Abstract (en)

Examines the Tournament of Vices and Virtues staged by Chaillou de Pesstain in the version of the Roman de Fauvel, ca.1317 (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS fr. 146). Music, miniatures and text represent a moral and political spectacle, and armed female Virtues and Vices recall other representations of women knights. Inversion of gender roles takes on moral meaning in the context of the Fauvel, where hybrid forms symbolize the opposition of right and wrong. Represented as despicable figures in other sections of the Paris fr. 146 Fauvel through stock images of moral discourse, the Vices are recast in the tournament as impressive chivalric warriors to convey political counsel. Historical reference is suggested by selection of specific vices and contextualization of the Tournament of Vices and Virtues in Paris and in 1316; it is confirmed by compilation in Paris fr. 146 of the Fauvel with topical poems by Geoffroi de Paris and an anonymous metrical chronicle for the years 1300-1316.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- France
• Manuscripts
• Bibliothèque nationale de France||Paris (FRA)
• MS fr. 146 (Chaillou de Pesstain, Roman de Fauvel)
• Manuscript illumination
• France
• 1300-1400
• Iconography
• Vices
• Virtues
• Women
• Politics
• Allegory
• Tournaments
• Morality
• Roman de Fauvel
• Chaillou de Pesstain, act.1300-1324

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- France
• Manuscrits
• Bibliothèque nationale de France||Paris (FRA)
• MS fr. 146 (Chaillou de Pesstain, Roman de Fauvel)
• Enluminure
• France
• 1300-1400
• Iconographie
• Vices
• Vertus
• Femmes
• Politique
• Allégorie
• Tournoi
• Morale
• Roman de Fauvel
• Chaillou de Pesstain, act.1300-1324

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348505

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