Melchior de Gualbes
Melchior de Gualbes (also spelled Melcior) was a
ultraviolet radiation
has made possible full readings of all his pieces.
The Gualbes family of bankers played an active role in the local government of
Girona and Roussillon
.
Melchior was of the same generation as the poets
troubadours and in this way Melchior appears more influenced by the Italians. Other phrases borrowed from Petrarch and Dante Alighieri
have been found in Melchior's poetry. His metre and diction are nonetheless influenced by the troubadour lyric. His other poems are Acompanyat d'un amoros desir and Pus me suy mes en l'amorosa questa.
References
- Riquer i Morera, Martí de (1964). Història de la Literatura Catalana, vol. 1. Barcelona: Edicions Ariel.
External links
- Incipitario di Melcior de Gualbes, with links to edited original-language texts of all his works