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The Romance of the Rose
The Romance of the Rose | Guillaume (de Lorris), Jean (de Meun)
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Graywacke
The Romance of the Rose | Guillaume (de Lorris), Jean (de Meun)
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(Illustration is from a 1405 illuminated manuscript. Link in comments.)

So I read this because Chaucer translated it (from Middle French to Middle English). There are a number of beautiful medieval manuscripts still around. This playful story about a lovesick youth trying to get back to his beloved rose in the garden, and all its graphic innuendos and playful philosophy, was a big hit in its day. Some dry spells, but I enjoyed it.

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Graywacke
The Romance of the Rose | Guillaume (de Lorris), Jean (de Meun)
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The painful side consequences of downtown jury duty. (Campesina Cafe, downtown Houston)

Lcsmcat Did you actually get seated on a jury? I‘ve never been called, but I suspect my training as a paralegal would keep me from being seated. 2y
Graywacke Twice previously, but today is unknown. A summons. 2y
Graywacke @Lcsmcat well - now i‘ve been selected. 3-day trial. ☹️ (and, maybe weird for me, but I love the ncaa basketball tournament 1st round. I may miss almost all of the 1st round.) 2y
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dabbe Is there any way to listen with some airpods? I guess then you wouldn't hear the case, so probably not. The upside is that they chose an intelligent juror who will do an excellent job! 😊 2y
Lcsmcat @dabbe Yeah, they would frown on air pods for sure! @Graywacke I‘m sorry you‘re missing the games! But maybe it will be an interesting case. 2y
Graywacke @dabbe @Lcsmcat phones off during trial. ☹️ But good idea. Can‘t comment on the case 🙊 but…🙈 2y
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Dilara
The Romance of the Rose | Guillaume (de Lorris), Jean (de Meun)
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Here's a photo of Poitiers Castle's Great Hall, a place Guillaume de Lorris probably knew, as the protégé of Alphonse de Poitiers. Unfortunately, there's hardly any garden left...

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Graywacke It‘s gorgeous 2y
Lindy What interesting furniture 2y
Dilara @Lindy I think it was made in a local fab lab 😁 2y
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Graywacke
The Romance of the Rose | Guillaume (de Lorris), Jean (de Meun)
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Getting going with some 13th-century literature, and the philosophies of love. Chaucer translated this into (Middle) English. It also influenced Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and everyone else in Europe‘s intellectual creative zeitgeist of this era. @Dilara

batsy Lovely photo! The book looks and sounds good. 2y
Graywacke @batsy thanks. So far the book is terrific. 2y
Dilara I like your book's cover ! Does it say where the illustration is from? It looks like it could be Nantes castle... 2y
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Graywacke @Dilara there‘s an oddly specific but meaningless to me description on the back cover: “detail from a miniature in a late fifteenth-century French manuscript of The Romance of the Rose. MS Douce 195, fo. 105v. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.” - so, i have no clue which castle it might be. 😐 2y
Dilara @Graywacke Thank you for the description: it took me down a pleasant rabbit hole. All the miniatures from the Douce manuscript are viewable online https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/da582e4f-8ee0-4bbc-9315-895fd44430d2/s...
I still don't know which castle it is, and will probably never know for sure, but it doesn't matter, really :-)
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Graywacke @Dilara whoa! Ok, 1st I didn‘t realize “MS Douce” meant Douce Manuscript. ☺️ But also, thank you so much for that link! Gorgeous! 💙 2y
Graywacke @Dilara the illustrations in that manuscript are just amazing (edited) 2y
PaperbackPirate Cute reading helper! 😍💙🐕 2y
Graywacke @PaperbackPirate 🙂she‘s a good helper. (Well, when she‘s not barking at strangers.) 2y
PaperbackPirate Lol mine too! 😅 2y
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Dilara
The Romance of the Rose | Guillaume (de Lorris), Jean (de Meun)
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I received my copy of Le roman de la rose yesterday. Here it is next to a (small) apple, to give an idea of the book's thickness. It's not very obvious on the photo, but the background of the miniature reproduced on the cover is exactly the same as the decoration on the mug I bought at the Palais des papes in Avignon!

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Graywacke That‘s the coolest mug. And your copy is so thick. Mine is tiny, with super thin (and easily damaged) pages. 2y
Suet624 That mug! Gorgeous. That book! Holy cow…. How will you hold the darn thing. 😀 2y
Dilara @Graywacke That's strange. does your copy contain both parts, or just the first part, written by Guillaume de Lorris? 2y
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Dilara @Suet624 I'm thinking of asking my engineer brother to make me a robotic book-holder/page-turner 😅 2y
Graywacke @Dilara it‘s actually 335 pages plus an intro, so it‘s thin by construction, not content. It has the full 12 chapters, but only the the English translation. No original text. 2y
Suet624 Good idea. 😀 2y
mandarchy I love that it't a livre de poche 😂 2y
Dilara @mandarchy I know! 😂 I'm not sure it would fit in any of my pockets... 2y
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