Taylor, Edgar [Editor]; Austin, Sarah [Editor]: Lays of the minnesingers or German troubadours of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: Illustr. by specimens of the contemporary lyric poetry of Provence and other parts of Europe ; With histor. and crit. notes, and engravings from the ms. of the minnesingers in the king's library at Paris, and from other sources (London, 1825)

LAYS

OF

THE MINNESINGERS

OR

GERMAN TROUBADOURS

OF THE

TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES:

ILLUSTRATED BY SPECIMENS OF THE COTEMPORARY

LYRIC POETRY OF PROVENCE AND OTHER

PARTS OE EUROPE :

WITH HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES, AND EN-
GRAVINGS FROM THE MS. OF THE MINNESINGERS
IN THE KING'S LIBRARY AT PARIS, AND
FROM OTHER SOURCES.

' There was once a gentle time,
When the world was in its prime.
When every day was holiday,
And every month was lovely May."— Croly.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWS AND GREEN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1825.