Formit de Perpinyà or
Perpegnan was a
Catalan troubadour from
Perpignan in the
Roussillon, possibly living in the thirteenth century. His name, Formit, rare for the time, means "satisfied, perfect, ready" and was probably a nickname. Only one
canso survives to his name, preserved in only one
chansonnier. It comprises four
coblas unissonans. Its first line begins
Un dolz dezirs amoros and it is metrically, but not rhymewise, identical to
A vos, bona don'e pros which is attributed by some manuscripts to
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras and by others left unattributed, leading subsequent scholars to suggest that it was the work of either
Aimeric de Pegulhan or Formit.
Sources
- Riquer, Martín de. Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos. 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta, 1975.