The Romance of the Rose. The Art of Love in the Middle Ages.
BN| N° d'inventaire | 16588 |
| Format | |
| Détails | 195 p., numerous illustrations, hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
A medieval bestseller, the Romance of the Rose is the most copied secular work of the Middle Ages after Dante's Divine Comedy and is now enjoying a newfound popularity thanks to digital images of manuscripts available online. This book aims to facilitate its understanding and is an invitation to discover in images, through the illuminated manuscripts of the National Library of France, the literary material and cultural substratum of this monument of medieval literature.
A medieval bestseller, the Romance of the Rose is the most copied secular work of the Middle Ages after Dante's Divine Comedy and is now enjoying a newfound popularity thanks to digital images of manuscripts available online. This book aims to facilitate its understanding and is an invitation to discover in images, through the illuminated manuscripts of the National Library of France, the literary material and cultural substratum of this monument of medieval literature.