Guillaume de Lorris

British  

/ ɡijom də lɔris /

noun

1. 13th century, French poet who wrote the first 4058 lines of the allegorical romance, the Roman de la rose, continued by Jean de Meung

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Example Sentences

The authors of “Le Roman de la Rose,” Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, worked independently, 45 years apart and in different styles to write the poem’s two parts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

The first, by Guillaume de Lorris, describes the search of the ideal lover for the mystic rose.

From Chaucer and His Times by Hadow, Grace E.

De Guillaume de Lorris & Jean de Meum, mis en francais moderne par Andre Mary.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The name is taken from a poem of Ovid’s which was a favourite with more than one French poet before Guillaume de Lorris.

From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)

A few kilometres away from the right bank of the Loire, in the heart of the Gatanais, is37 Lorris, the home of Guillaume de Lorris, the first author of the "Roman de la Rose."

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)