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Songs of a Friend(2nd Edition)
Love Lyrics of Medieval Portugal (And Policy)
by Barbara Hughes Fowler, Cantigas De Amigo
Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 1996 by The University Of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-4574-5, ISBN: 0-8078-4574-4

"Portugal enjoyed one of the richest and most sophisticated cultures of the Middle Ages, in part because of its vibrant secular literature. One popular literary genre of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was the cantigas de amigo , love songs in which male poets wrote from a female perspective. More than five hundred of these mysterious poems depicting a young girl's love for an absent lover survive today. Until now, however, they hav ..."

Songs of a Friend(2nd Edition)
Love Lyrics of Medieval Portugal
by Barbara Hughes Fowler
Hardcover, 136 Pages, Published 1996 by The University Of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-2271-5, ISBN: 0-8078-2271-X

"Portugal enjoyed one of the richest and most sophisticated cultures of the Middle Ages, in part because of its vibrant secular literature. One popular literary genre of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was the cantigas de amigo, love songs in which male poets wrote from a female perspective. More than five hundred of these mysterious poems depicting a young girl's love for an absent lover survive today. Until now, however, they have ..."

Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture(Updated)
Figural Motifs In Western Anatolia And The Aegean Islands (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
by Pamela A. Webb, Barbara Hughes Fowler
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-299-14980-2, ISBN: 0-299-14980-3

"Sculpted figural motifs were an important component of many buildings in the Hellenistic world, and their frequent relegation to subsidiary status has, until now, left our knowledge of both Hellenistic architecture and sculpture incomplete. In Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture, Pamela A. Webb examines the full range of figural embellishment—from simple to complex, on large monuments ..."