A collection of essays exploring why and how world cultures and dynasties traced their own descent to the mists of mythical ancestry.

This volume includes an introductory study placing the collaboration of Fellini and Rota on "La Dolce Vita" in context and illustrating the compositional process, taking into account the intermediary phase of the short scores. Facsimile reproductions of a rich cross-section of sources, each accompanied by critical commentary, form a major part of this book.

Rédigée en provençal avec quelques passages en latin, La chronique de Bertran Boysset est transmise en trois versions, dont deux autographes. On édite ici la deuxième version (Paris, BnF 5728), accompagnée d’une traduction française et d'une introduction.