Vers d'amour

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Title: Vers d'amour
Alternate Title: Les questions problematiques d'amours, nouvellement traduictes de prose en rigme
Digital Image Rights Holder: The Newberry Library
Author / Contributor: Marion, Jehan
Type of Resource: Manuscript book
Genre: Poetry
Date Issued: 1550
Language: Middle French, 1400-1600
Physical Description: Fol. 36r-37r, 37r, 78r-81v of 102 leaves, bound: paper, 11.8 x 16.2 cm
Script: "Civilité" hand
Decoration: Pen-flourished initials
Provenance: Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe, comte de, 1692-1765, former owner
Blanchemain, Prosper, 1816-1879, former owner
Reading Difficulty: Intermediate
Topic: Art and Culture
Subject: Love poetry, French
Epistolary poetry
Love letters in literature
Region: France--Central France
City: Nevers
Coordinates: 46° 59′ 36″ N, 3° 09′ 26″ E
Time Period: 1550-1599
Notes: The word "cuer" is replaced by the symbol of a heart throughout the book
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Repository: The Newberry Library
Call Number: Newberry VAULT Case MS 5061
Links: Catalog Link
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