Patrick Gautier Dalché, Marie-Rose Bonnet and Philippe Rigaud, eds. and trans., Bertrand Boysset, Chronique. Textes vernaculaires du Moyen Age 20. Turnhout: Brepols, 2018.

Bertran Boysset’s fame has been on the rise in recent years, as his multiple works have been brought to the attention of scholars and to the general public. Born between 1345 and 1350, Boysset lived his life in Arles, France, where he worked as a surveyor, invested in the fishing industry, owned vines, and composed several original works in Occitan, including a saint’s life, a manual for surveyors, and this chronicle. He died in 1415 or 1416. As Patrick Gautier Dalché observes, Boysset’s œuvre demonstrates a literary, scientific, and technical education that is wide-ranging (17). Responsible for the illustrations in his texts, he was also a talented artist (20).