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Open book Les questions problematiques damoure nouuellement traduictes de prose en riyme, approximately 1550

Title Les questions problematiques damoure nouuellement traduictes de prose en riyme, approximately 1550

Creator Marion, Jehan, -1580?

Date 1550

Place France

Language French

Subjects Love poetry, French poetry

Summary One hundred twenty-eight unpublished poems by Jehan Marion, probably transcribed in France around 1550. The longest poem by far is entitled "Les questions damoure", on leaves 2-35. There is also a group of poems with metrical titles such as "Quadrain", "Sizain", "Huictain", "Dizain", and "Unzain", while other works bear form titles such as "Epistre", "Reponce", "Rondeaul", "Ballade", "Chanson", "Elegie", and "Epitaph". Also included on leaves 37 and 38 are three "unzains" or 11-line acrostic poems, in which the first letters of each line spell out the author's name vertically.

Extent [1], 102 leaves, bound ; 17 cm

Format Early works, Annotations

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Call Number VAULT Case MS 5061

BibID 991830718805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

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Filename 991830718805867_VAULT_Case_MS_5061_FP_026_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11EI2O

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