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Stefano Benenati
This article examines the reception of the Alexander the Great myth in 15ᵗʰ-century France, with a particular focus on the universal chronicle Livre des Hystoires du Miroer du Monde (HMM). The Alexander narrative in version A of the HMM draws on several widely circulated sources of the time, including Guillaume de Tignonville’s Les Dits Moraux des Philosophes, Jean Mansel’s Fleur des Histoires, and the Chroniques abrégées. It also incorporates older and more distinctive texts, such as the Alexandre en prose, Alexandre de Paris’s Roman d’Alexandre in verse, a French adaptation of the Collatio cum Dindimo (Version I), and a unique anecdote recounting Alexander’s encounter with a spindle-maker named Robert. The article assesses the contribution of each source from both philological and literary perspectives. It demonstrates, in particular, that the HMM’s version of the Alexandre en prose derives from a specific source-manuscript closely related to the manuscript family known as f. Finally, the study offers new insights into the genetic relationships among the version A manuscripts of the HMM, highlighting the particular significance of manuscript O.
