about 860 by Girart. It was dedicated to Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (ca. 1295–1350), and Jeanne de Bourgogne (called "Joan the Lame"), queen of France (1293–1349). The text is composed in a dialect midway between French and Old Occitan. Five manuscript copies of this version survive; two in Montpellier, France at the Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire (section médecine), one in Troyes (now held at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris), one in Paris at the BnF, and one in Brussels at the Bibliothèque royale de Belgique. This version was printed by Yale University in 1939 (New Haven: Yale University Press, Yale Romanic Studies, 16). The version in Alexandrines was the source for a romance in prose by Jehan Wauquelin in 1447 (Paris: éd. L. de Montille, 1880). Southern French traditions concerning Girart, in which he is called the son of Garin de Monglane, are embodied in the 13th century narrative in rhymed decasyllable verses about the siege of Vienne by Charlemagne in Girart de Vienne by Bertrand de Bar-sur-l'Aube. The same traditions also are embraced in Aspramonte by Andrea da Barberino, based on the French chanson Aspremont, where he is called Girart de Frete or de Fraite and he leads an army of infidels against Charlemagne. See also Vézelay, abbey founded by Girart Franco-Provençal language References Bloch, R. Howard (1977). Medieval French Literature and Law. Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press. Meyer, Paul (1878). La légende de Girart de Roussillon, Romania, no. 7, 1878. p. 161-235 Meyer, Paul (1884). Girart de Roussillon. A translation in modern French with a comprehensive introduction. Michel, F. (1856) Gerard de Rossillon ... publié en francais et en provençal d'après les MSS. de Paris et de Londres. Paris. Tarb, P. (Ed.) (1850). Girart de Viane, in: L. Gautier, Epopées francaises, vol. iv. Reims. Wulif, F. A. (1874). Notice sur les sagas de Magus et de Geirard. Ed.: Lund. External links ARLIMA: Girart de Roussillon Archives de littérature du Moyen Âge; original sources of various texts. The Getty: The Armies of France and Burgundy with Martel in Prayer Illuminated manuscript (c. 1467-1472) showing Charles Martel and Girart de Roussillon preparing for battle. Web Art Gallery: Girart de Roussillon Illuminated manuscript (c. 1460) from Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna showing Girart and Bertha. 810s births 870s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain Roussillon, Girart of Conradines French poems Chansons de geste Matter of France