La pratique de la ponctuation du début du XVIe siècle: le cas des imprimés de Galliot du Pré
The practice of punctuation in the early sixteenth century: the case of Galliot du Pré’s printed books

Author(s): Huei-Chen Li
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Galliot du Pré; punctuation; Renaissance; early printed books; The Romance of the Rose; Story of the Knight without Fear and Bbeyond Reproach
Summary/Abstract: According to Annie Charon-Parent, Galliot du Pré, bookseller and publisher of the sixteenth century, printed medieval romances and history since 1512. As we know that the medieval punctuation is characterized by its anarchy and variability, however, does the passage from the manuscript to the print foster the codification of punctuation? Does the practice of Renaissance punctuation respect the recommendations of medieval or Renaissance grammarians? Our study, based upon two Galliot du Pré’s printed books, published between 1526 and 1527, one of which is kept in the National Library of France (Res. Ye-22), and the other in the Library of the Arsenal (Res. 4-H-2780), proposes to present the practice of each printed book in order to highlight the Galliot du Pré’s sub-system.

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