Les Eschez D'amours
Subtitle: a critical edition of the poem and its Latin glosses
By: Edited by Gregory Heyworth, Daniel E. O'Sullivan ; with Frank Coulson
Series: Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts -- volume 10
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013
Place of publication: LEIDEN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 684
ISBN-13: 9789004212534; 9789004250703
Subjects: Echecs amoureux
Description: Les Eschéz d'Amours' may be the last great medieval allegory to find its way into a modern edition. In the tradition of the 'Roman de la Rose', the 'Eschéz' surveys matters of love, politics, economics, music, medicine, and chess through the lens of classical and Scholastic learning. In addition to the first 16,293 (of over 30,000) verses newly edited out of the manuscripts, the editors present a complete apparatus of literary, historical and linguistic essays that place the poem in the context of the scholarly and courtly life of late 14th century Paris. The important Latin glosses of the Venice manuscript of the 'Eschéz' follow in an edition of their own, with critical notes and translation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.