Expanded edition of 10 French private texts from different regions, with a lot of new comments on spelling, morphology, syntax and lexicon. Revealing the authors' differences in social status and education, they convey contrasting attitudes toward the linguistic standard of their time. The linguistic form of the original handwritten texts is strictly respected; graphical aids have been added to enhance their readability.

The book series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, founded by Gustav Gröber in 1905, is among the most renowned publications in Romance Studies. It covers the entire field of Romance linguistics, including the national languages as well as the lesser studied Romance languages.

The editors welcome submissions of high-quality monographs and collected volumes on all areas of linguistic research, on medieval literature and on textual criticism. The publication languages of the series are French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian as well as German and English. Each collected volume should be as uniform as possible in its contents and in the choice of languages.