"Trouveur" Quotes from Famous Books
... DE ROU, by ROBERT WACE, of Jersey, the famous Norman Trouvere and Chronicler, who flourished in the Twelfth Century; with Parallel English Translation and ... — Witchcraft and Devil Lore in the Channel Islands • John Linwood Pitts
... Fictions," 2 : 332 ff., where are cited and abstracted versions from the Old-English prose form of the "Seven Wise Masters," from the Gesta Romanorum, also the fabliau "Destourmi;" then five other fabliaux from Legrand's and Barbasan's collections, especially the trouvere Dutant's "Les Trois Bossus;" and the second tale of the seventh sage in the "Mishle Sandabar," the Hebrew version of the book of Sindibad. On pp. 344-357 Clouston gives variants of the related story in which the same corpse is disposed of many times. For further bibliography, see Wilson's ... — Filipino Popular Tales • Dean S. Fansler |