ID: 901001670 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001670	Record Type: Character/Person

	Roman de la rose (poem, Guillaume de Lorris, 1225/1230-1280)

Note: Medieval French poem. Was very well known; modeled on Ovid’s "Ars amatoria." Primary topic is a dream allegory of the wooing of a maiden, symbolized by a rosebud, within the bounds of a garden, representing courtly society. Composed of more than 21,000 lines of octosyllabic couplets and survives in more than 300 manuscripts. Guiallume's portion was written 1225/1230, completed by 1280. Two authors wrote the Romance of the Rose in French (Roman de la Rose): Guillaume de Lorris began writing it around 1237 but never finished it. Forty years later, around 1277, Jean de Meun completed the tale. the story of a lover who dreams of a beautiful rose kept captive in a castle. The rose represents the object of romantic love; allegorical characters in the story, such as Courtesy, Youth, Fear, and Idleness, either help or hamper the lover's attempts to win the rose. The romance was enormously popular in the Middle Ages, and nearly three hundred manuscripts devoted to the tale survive.

Display Date: 1225/1230-1280

Names:

	Roman de la rose (poem, Guillaume de Lorris, 1225/1230-1280) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Roman de la rose (poem, Guillaume de Lorris, 1225/1230-1280) (French-P,D,P)
	Romance of the Rose (poem, Guillaume de Lorris, 1225/1230-1280) (t,English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Poetry> (P)
		............Roman de la rose (poem, Guillaume de Lorris, 1225/1230-1280) (I)

Related Iconography:

	inspired by .... Ars amatoria
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Poetry, Ars amatoria (poem, Ovid, ca. 1 BCE)) [901001669]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... poem
	.....(poetry and poems, genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... courtship
	.....(personal life events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	author is .... Guillaume de Lorris (French author, active 13th century)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	author is .... Jean de Meun (French author, ca. 1240/1260-1305)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Roman de la rose (poem, Guillaume de Lorris, 1225/1230-1280)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 16 November 2016
	Romance of the Rose (poem, Guillaume de Lorris, 1225/1230-1280)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)