Roman de la Rose
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Le Roman de la Rose is a medieval poem written in Old French and presented as an allegorical dream vision. As poetry, The Romance of the Rose is a notable instance of courtly literature, purporting to
Illuminated leaf from a manuscript of the poem, 1390
Genius of love, by the Master of the Vienna Roman de la rose, 1420–30
Scribe of a 14th-century copy at his writing desk. NLW MS 5016D
Miniature from a manuscript of the Roman de la Rose (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 195), folio 1r, portrait of Guillaume de Lorris.
Courtly love
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Courtly love was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry. Medieval literature is filled with examples of knights setting out on adventures and performing
Roman de la Rose
…Rose) is a medieval poem written in Old French and presented as an allegorical dream vision. As poetry, The Romance of the Rose is a notable instance of courtly literature, purporting to provide a "mirror of love" in which the whole art of romantic love is disclosed. Its two authors conceived it as a psychological allegory…
God Speed by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1900: a late Victorian view of a lady giving a favor to a knight about to go into battle
Warfare imagery: the Siege of the Castle of Love on an ivory mirror-back, possibly Paris, c. 1350–1370 (Musée du Louvre)
Courtly vignettes on an ivory mirror-case, first third of the 14th century (Musée du Louvre)