- Pierre de Nesson
Pierre de Nesson (born
1384 inAigueperse, Puy-de-Dôme , France [ [http://aigueperse.free.fr/nesson.htm Pierre de Nesson ] ] ) was a French poet.His major work is the "Vigiles des Morts", or "Paraphrase des IX leçons de Job". It is commentary on the Biblical "
Book of Job ", in outspoken verses. Other works are "L'hommage à la Vierge", and the "Lay de guerre", a "lai " written after theBattle of Agincourt , a riposte to the "Lay de paix" of his contemporaryAlain Chartier .An extract from the "Vigiles des Morts" :
::Et lors, quand tu trépasseras,::Dès le jour que mort tu seras,::Ton orde chair commencera::À rendre pugnaise pueur.::Que ne gouttes-tu de sueur::Quand tu penses que ce sera ?
Modern editions
* "Pierre de Nesson et ses œuvres", A. Piaget and E. Droz, Paris : E. Droz, 1925 ; facsimile reprint Slatkine, 1977
* "Les vigiles des morts", Paris : H. Champion, 2002 ISBN 2745306456Notes
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