Macaronic Verse on War, Student Life, and Dancing
ARENA, Antoine.
Antonius de Arena Provençalis de bragardissima villa de Soleriis ad suos compagnones, qui sunt de persona friantes, bassas dansas et branlos practicantes, nouvellos perquam plurimos mandat.
A fine copy of the 1758 edition of this popular macaronic poem by the Provençal poet Arena (c. 1508–63), first published in 1528, an early example of the genre and an important primary source for the basse-dance, a court dance performed in France and England between 1450 and 1550.
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