Abstract
From the 14th century onwards, the Roman d'Alexandre underwent considerable metamorphosis, with the aim of changing the image of the conqueror into a veritable " mirror of princes ".
Appendices were added, transforming the novel of a pagan ruler into a Christian work of moralization, and attributing to Alexander virtues worthy of an ideal Christian king. This literary project is reflected in some remarkable additions to the text : a prologue that clearly expresses the editors' intention ; some one hundred and fifty kafas (moralizing rhyming verses) that constitute so many freeze-frames ; four " ethopoeias " (rhetorical lamentations on Alexander's illness and death) ; and a " Economy " (in the sense of " providential plan ") which, in nineteen points, draws a surprising parallel between Alexander's life and that of Christ.
These two " kings " share the quality of " savior " : one for the salvation of the human race as a whole, and the other as a symbolic image of a perfect sovereign.
Reworking the iconographic patterns of Christ's life, the miniaturists apply each of the points of this " Economy " to Alexander.
