Gelinand of Fruamon , also Elinand , Elinan ( fr. Hélinand de Froidmont [1] , circa 1160 - after 1229) - French chronicler and poet, church writer, Cistercian monk.
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Works
- 2.1 Chronicle
- 2.2 Poems about Death
- 3 Aphorism
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Born into a Flemish family in Pronleroy in Picardy (now the department of Oise ). Thanks to the talent of the minstrel, he came under the patronage of Philip-Augustus and for some time was a wandering truver , and around 1190 he became a Cistercian monk in the monastery of Froamon (Beauvais diocese). In the city of Beauvais, he is revered as a local saint , and his day is celebrated on February 3 .
Compositions
Chronicle
Most of all, Gelinand is known for his worldwide Chronicon in Latin, which consisted of 45 books, of which less than half were preserved. Information from the Chronicle of Helinand formed the basis of such works as Speculum Historiale , the chronicle of Alberic of Troyes-Fontaine (circa 1252), as well as The Great Mirror by Vincent of Beauvais (no later than 1264). Nowadays, they often quote the place in the Chronicle of Gelinand, where he writes about the origin and meanings of the word Grail [2] .
Poems about Death
His other famous work is “ Verses on Death ” ( Les Vers de la Mort ) in Old French . Here, for the first time, it is believed that a stanza of 12 eight-syllables is used ( aab aab bba bba ), and Gelinand is considered the creator of this one of the most rhythmic versioning models of the Middle Ages. [3]
Aphorism
Gelinand owns the famous maxim: [4]
| Schoolchildren study noble arts - in Paris, ancient classics - in Orleans, judicial codes - in Bologna, medical poultices - in Salerno, demonology - in Toledo, and good morals - nowhere |
Notes
- ↑ Latin form of Helinandus Frigidimontis , variants of Elinandus, Elynandus .
- ↑ For example, here. (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 5, 2008. Archived April 3, 2008.
- ↑ Paul Zyumtor. The experience of building medieval poetics. SPb., 2002, p. 420.
- ↑ "Patrologia latina", v. 212, p. 603. (Quoted from: Gasparov M.L. Poetry of Vagantov Archival copy of August 25, 2012 on the Wayback Machine )