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Is de Machaut Old French or Middle? Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 19/02/2013 09:02:15 AM
I only know him through his musical accomplishments, but I'm led to believe he was a very good poet as well.
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Any recommendations for reading Old French? Tom - 19/02/2013 01:17:09 AM 1199 Views
Not too many outside the ones you've already said Larry - 19/02/2013 02:20:23 AM 707 Views
Bertrand keeps cropping up Tom - 19/02/2013 03:10:15 PM 750 Views
I can't find Bertrand in a good edition. Tom - 23/02/2013 02:42:56 AM 704 Views
Hmmm... DomA - 19/02/2013 05:02:50 AM 689 Views
The Larousse Old French Dictionary is on order, and I own Le Robert. Tom - 19/02/2013 03:09:25 PM 678 Views
Re: The Larousse Old French Dictionary is on order, and I own Le Robert. DomA - 19/02/2013 03:56:54 PM 925 Views
Good suggestion Tom - 19/02/2013 07:05:58 PM 780 Views
Re: Good suggestion DomA - 20/02/2013 12:01:00 AM 696 Views
I figured it was a cool sounding purchase either way. Tom - 20/02/2013 01:11:06 AM 741 Views
Re: I figured it was a cool sounding purchase either way. DomA - 20/02/2013 04:47:12 AM 750 Views
Actually, it's 195 pages Tom - 20/02/2013 06:16:56 AM 644 Views
And please let me know if you ever hear of that Rabelais original being printed! *NM* Tom - 20/02/2013 05:00:40 PM 317 Views
Re: And please let me know if you ever hear of that Rabelais original being printed! DomA - 20/02/2013 05:21:11 PM 758 Views
The Roman de la Rose doesn't have the full text. Tom - 23/02/2013 02:40:23 AM 609 Views
Oh, and I did finally get the Zorzi history of Venice Tom - 20/02/2013 01:12:22 AM 627 Views
Is de Machaut Old French or Middle? Ghavrel - 19/02/2013 09:02:15 AM 660 Views
Probably Middle Tom - 19/02/2013 03:12:11 PM 702 Views
A bit of both DomA - 19/02/2013 03:15:32 PM 755 Views
They have a few of his poems in the anthology - I checked. Tom - 20/02/2013 01:22:15 AM 950 Views
that's awesome. i love old dead languages... i have no suggestions that aren't old irish, though. *NM* temeraire - 20/02/2013 01:38:50 AM 319 Views
Apparently the word "lay" meaning "story" comes from Irish "laid", meaning "song". *NM* Tom - 20/02/2013 07:54:47 PM 311 Views
One of our friends works with Old French and Occitan and Oxford Uni at the moment. Rebekah - 20/02/2013 04:14:36 PM 733 Views
Sure, why not? Tom - 20/02/2013 04:59:01 PM 726 Views
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