on the Romance of the Rose.

the Romance of the Rose; but death interrupted him Referring to Guillaume de Lorris, the original author who began the poem around 1230. in his undertaking, and he pushed it hardly beyond the fifth part, that is to say, until verse 4149 of the new edition.

This work was abandoned when Jean de Meun resolved to finish it.

In those days, people did not possess that base jealousy which is the reason why, far from completing what our predecessors began, one would even be annoyed to walk in their footsteps.

People thought more soundly in former times: as soon as an author died, his works were submitted to the examination of scholars; and if productions were found to which the author had not put the final hand, people willingly took upon themselves the care of finishing them.

This is what happened to the Life of Alexander Known as the Roman d'Alexandre, this was a legendary retelling of Alexander the Great's life, famous for being written in twelve-syllable lines now called "Alexandrines.", which Lambert le Court had translated from Latin into French verse, which was continued by Alexandre de Paris, and finished by Jean le Nivelois.

It is a chimera A term for a wild, unrealistic dream or a groundless idea. to believe that Peter Abelard A famous 12th-century philosopher and theologian known for his tragic love affair with his student, Heloise. was the author of the Romance of the Rose, and that under the name of Beauty, he painted the portrait of Heloise: this work only appeared after the death of these two Lovers. No doubt their loves have been confused,