Note 5 — EXPLANATORY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME I. (continued 2)
Henry Yule translation
As examples of these Italianisms: “
Et ont del
olio
de la lanpe dou
sepolchro
de Crist
”; “
L’Angel ven en vision pour mesajes de Deu à un
Veschevo
qe mout estoient home de
sante vite”; “
E certes il estoit bien
beizongno”; “
ne trop caut ne trop
fredo”; “
la
crense” (
credenza
); “remort” for noise (
rumore
); “inverno”; “jorno”; “dementiqué” (
dimenticato
); “enferme” for sickly; “leign” (
legno
); “devisce” (
dovizia
); “ammalaide” (
ammalato
), etc. etc.
Professor Bianconi points out that there are also traces of Venetian dialect, as Pare for père; Mojer for wife; Zabater, cobbler; cazaor, huntsman, etc.
I have not been able to learn to what extent books in this kind of mixed language are extant. I have observed one, a romance in verse called Macaire (Altfranzösische Gedichte aus Venez. Handschriften, von Adolf Mussafia, Wien, 1864), the language of which is not unlike this jargon of Rustician’s, e.g.:—
“‘Dama,’ fait-il, ‘molto me poso merviler De ves enfant quant le fi batecer De un signo qe le vi sor la spal’a droiturer Qe non ait nul se no filz d’inperer.’”—(p. 41)