Ci-dessous gît un orateur
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CMV33882
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5-240 (II, f.8 v°), ‘Vers de la main de Voltaire’
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Ci-dessous gît un orateur
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Ci-dessous gît un orateur
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Ci-dessous gît un orateur
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Brief Summary:
This MS is an inaccurate copy of Alexis Piron’s epitaph for Desfontaines in Voltaire’s hand.
Detailed Summary:
This manuscript is an inaccurate copy of Alexis Piron’s epitaph for Desfontaines in Voltaire’s hand. Instead of reading ‘Sous ce tombeau gît un auteur’, Voltaire’s version reads ‘Ci-dessous gît un orateur’. The original epitaph is Piron’s addition to Bret’s epigram dedicated to Desfontaines.
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1 f.
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
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Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
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