Je Vivroie Liement , Guillaume de Machaut. Elthin
A song from the 14th century, the author of which is the composer and poet Guillaume de Machaut, a representative of the ars nova style, and the secretary of the Czech King John of Luxembourg. Lyrics: Je vivroie liement Douce creature Se vous saviΓ©s vraiement Qu’en vous fust parfaitement ma cure Dame de meintieng joli […]
Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages
Until the late eleventh century, southern Italy occupied the western border of the vast Byzantine empire. Even after this area fell under Norman rule in about 1071, Italy maintained a strong link with Byzantium through trade, and this link was expressed in the art of the period. Large illustrated Bibles (βgiant Biblesβ) and Exultet Rollsβliturgical […]