The Empty Bower and the Lone Fountain

French poet-composer Guillaume de Machaut’s complete-works manuscripts are illuminated with hundreds of miniatures. Two manuscripts, made in his lifetime (c. 1300-1377), are among the most luxurious (BnF, ms. fr. 1584; BnF, ms. fr. 1586). I propose separating the iconographic programs from two dits...

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Main Author: Domenic Leo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société de Langues et de Littératures Médiévales d'Oc et d'Oil 2017-01-01
Series:Perspectives Médiévales
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/peme/12917