Abbé Denis Bizot
Abbé Denis Bizot (ca. 17th C. - ca. 18th C.)[1] (alias l'Abbé Bizot) was a French Jansenist abbot, poet and doctor[disambiguation needed] of College of Sorbonne who, in addition to some original Latin verses, translated a handful of poems and hymns from French into Latin. Although his bibliography is limited, he was known for quality work.[2]
Life
Denis Bizot was worn sometime in the late 1600s and attended Sarbonne College in Paris, France. In 1707, he translated the first canto of the poem Lutrin by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux into Latin with no intentions of translating the others. However, he eventually showed it to Desperaux, who loved it, and commented that it was even better than the French. The quality of his translation attracted negative attention from local poets, however, and they had a mutual friend invite Bizot to a dinner they would also be attending without his knowledge. During the dinner, the jealous poets bet 50 crowns that Bizot could not translate the fifth canto as skillfully as he had done the first, calling it beginner's luck. Bizot accepted the bet as he needed the money and after he had calmed down from the confrontation, he felt overwhelmed by the challenge. However, he still completed his translation of the fifth canto in 1708 and won the bet. He died sometime in the 1700s while serving as a normal priest at Saint-Eustache.[3]
Works
Original Works
- Arnaldi Tumulus (c.1694)
- In Societatis Jesu Patres satyram viri clarissimi Despereaux de Divino Amore deme livido male carpentes. (c.1694)
- Nobilissimo abbati Julio Adriano de Noailles, insignis et metropolitanae ecclesiae parisiensis canonico; quum publicas theses de universa philosophia in collegio Sorbonne-Plessaeo propugnaret et laurea artium donaretur die XXVII mensis julii an. Dom. MDCCVII (1707)[4]
- Nobilissimo et illustrissimo viro Hilario Rouillé du Coudray, Comiti Consistoriano, cùm ejus filius, Abbas nobilissimus, Dionysius Rouillé du Coudray Theses Philosophicas pro Laurea Artium in Sorbonae-Plessaeo propugnaret, die Dom. 7 Augusti, an 1707 (1707)
- Beatis Cosmae et Damiano
- Hymnes Latines et Françoises[5]
Translations
- Lutrin (cantos I and V) (1707/1708)[6][7]
- Philotanus (c. 1720) (attributed) [8]
References
- ^ Denis Bizot (16..-17..). Biblissima. (n.d.). https://portail.biblissima.fr/ark:/43093/pdata2705f8643e43b4fab5b7707c2a1f8f8ba2d1135a
- ^ L'année littéraire: 1780, iss.5., pp.121
- ^ L'année littéraire: 1780, iss.5., pp.121-127
- ^ Lebeuf, Jean. Histoire de la ville et de tout le diocèse de Paris, Volume 2. A. Durand, Paris. pp.686 1865.
- ^ Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Catalogue général des livres imprimés de la Bibliothèque nationale Tome XIII. pp.743-744. 1925.
- ^ L'année littéraire: 1780, iss.5., pp.123-125
- ^ Schoeck, R.J., Medical & Renaissance Texts & Studies Volume 37: Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Bononiensis: Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies: Bologna, 26 August to 1 September 1979. pp.210. 1985.
- ^ Grécourt, J.-B. W. de (1684-1743). A. du texte. (1761, January 1). BNF catalogue général. Catalogue Général. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb30537484h