Vers d'amour

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Background Essay
Title: Vers d'amour
Alternate Title: Les questions problematiques d'amours, nouvellement traduictes de prose en rigme
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Marion, Jehan
Date Issued: 1550
Region: France--Central France
City: Nevers
Coordinates: 46° 59′ 36″ N, 3° 09′ 26″ E
Type of Resource: Manuscript book
Language: Middle French, 1400-1600
Genre: Poetry
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
Topic: Art and Culture
Subject: Love poetry, French
Epistolary poetry
Love letters in literature
Note(s): The word "cuer" is replaced by the symbol of a heart throughout the book; To hear a portion of this document read aloud, click here
Repository: The Newberry Library
Call Number: Newberry VAULT Case MS 5061
Provenance: Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe, comte de, 1692-1765, former owner
Blanchemain, Prosper, 1816-1879, former owner
Digital Image Rights Holder: The Newberry Library
Reading Difficulty: Intermediate
Time Period: 1550-1599