The Jeu d’Adam

MS Tours 927 and the Provenance of the Play

Edited by Christophe Chaguinian

Book cover: The Jeu d’Adam

Hardback (Published)

(November 2017)

ISBN: 9781580442664

6.14 x 9.21 inches

Price: $79.00

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(November 2017)

ISBN: 9781580442671

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The five essays study the contents of the manuscript in order to understand the provenance of its most famous piece, the Jeu d’Adam.


The Jeu d’Adam is an Anglo-Norman mid-twelfth-century representation of several biblical stories, including the temptation of Adam and Eve and the subsequent fall, Cain and Abel, and the prophets Isaiah and Daniel. Its framework builds on the Latin responses of the mass during the liturgical season of Septuagesima, from before Lent to Easter. This collection of essays explores whether this early play was monastic or secular, its Anglo-Norman character, and the text’s musical provenance.

Introduction The Jeu d'Adam: A Monastic or a Secular Play? by Christophe Chaguinian The Jeu d'Adam, an Anglo-Norman Text? by Catherine Bougy The Responsories of the Ordo representations Ade by Oceane Boudeau Pax Gallie: The Songs of Tours 927
Study and Edition by Mary Channen Caldwell Observations on the Tours Ludus Paschalis
Study and Edition by Michael L. Norton Bibliography Notes on Contributors, Introduction
The Jeu d'Adam: A Monastic or a Secular Play? by Christophe Chaguinian
The Jeu d’Adam: An Anglo-Norman Text? by Catherine Bougy
The Responsories of the Ordo representations Ade by Océane Boudeau
Pax Gallie: The Songs of Tours 927; Study and Edition by Mary Channen Caldwell
Observations on the Tours Ludus Paschalis Bibliography
Notes on Contributors

  • Edited by Christophe Chaguinian