... franpis, 1510. The MS, composed between early May, 1535, and March 1, 1536, was acquired by the BibliothGque du Roi in 1622 through the forced sale of the library of Philippe Hurault, son of the Chancelier de Cheverny, Bishop of Chartres (1598-1620). The collection, in- cluding the Parangon...

... leads him into corruption.12 In the course of the novel Edmond impreg- nates his village cousin, Laure; attempts to rape his beloved mother figure and the wife of his painting master, Mme Parangon; witnesses his sister Ursule’s fall into debauchery; finds love with a prostitute; is imprisoned...

... sia l’oro, e quall’argento, e qual il rame de’ poeti co’l parangone dell’arte discernere e distinguere” [Some, setting for themselves the example of an 168 MLQ IJune 1998 The Italian preoccupation with genres and their properties...