Galien Restoré vs Galien Rethoré : pour une lecture comparée = Galien Restoré vs. Galien Rethoré: Toward a comparative reading

We know the prose version of Galien from a fifteenth-century manuscript and an incunabulum by Antoine Vérard (1500), respectively. Although the similarities are undeniable, the two texts remain sufficiently different that modern editors (Keller–Kaltenbach 1998) have chosen to present them separately, one after the other. This article will take a three-step approach, with the aim of confirming the hypothesis that these texts derive from a common source. After comparing the structure of both versions (the internal organization of chapters and paragraphs), a collation will be made between some representative passages (the birth of Galien, the miracle of the halted sun, the execution of Ganelon), making reference where possible to the source text in verse known as the “Cheltenham Manuscript”. A final collation will compare the common proverbial expressions in the manuscript and the printed edition.