"Dietetics"in the "Secretus secretorum" in 12-15 centuries

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370379
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Seto Naohiko 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (30206643)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 写本 / 養生術 / オック語 / 古フランス語 / ウスタシュ・デシャン / 王者の鑑

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this investigation was to research the part of dietetrics on the "Secret of Secrets"(Secretum secretorum) which enjoyed a phenomenal popularity in the Eastern and Western World. The work was translated into two latin versions (12 and 13 c.) and into the vernacular languages of Western Europe furnished by enormous corpus. I essayed to bring to the light especially the occitan and old french versions which contain the dietetics (e. g., the motif of the 'schunamitism' and the "Giftmatschen"). I compared several manuscripts of occitan and old french translations with the "oliginal" latin versions. I follow this dietetics down to the Ballades of Eustache Deschamps ("Qui veul son corps en sante maintenir" (no.1162: ed. G. Raynaud) and "D'un notable enseignement pour continuer sante en corps d'omme"(no.1496, ed. G. Raynaud) .

Free Research Field

中世フランス文学