What language is this?
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 9:22 pm
I'm reading Régine Pernoud's french language biography of Aliénor d'Aquitaine. Each chapter starts with a quote, which is then translated into french. The example below is from chapter 2
What language is the first line? An aquitaine dialect? Old french? Latin?
Sant Jacme, membre us del baro Que denant vos jai pelegris. CERCAMON
Souvenez-vous, saint Jacques, du baron Qui, pèlerin, gît devant vous.
What language is the first line? An aquitaine dialect? Old french? Latin?