Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
Lausanne, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, IS 4254, p. 07v
Manuscript title: Othon de Grandson, Poems
Manuscript summary: Othon de Grandson, knight and poet, distinguished himself both through his verses and through his heroic deeds during the Hundred Years War. He was an adviser to Count Amadeus VII of Savoy. After the death of the count, he fled to England. After his return to the land of Vaud he died in an ordeal by battle in the form of a duel in Bourg-en-Bresse in the year 1397. In addition, Othon de Grandson's poetry introduced Valentine's Day to a broader public, though it had previously been celebrated only in Anglo-Saxon regions.
Origin: ?
Period: 15th century
Image source: Lausanne, Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire, IS 4254: Othon de Grandson, Poems
(www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bcul/IS4254)
Lausanne, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, IS 4254, p. 07v
Manuscript title: Othon de Grandson, Poems
Manuscript summary: Othon de Grandson, knight and poet, distinguished himself both through his verses and through his heroic deeds during the Hundred Years War. He was an adviser to Count Amadeus VII of Savoy. After the death of the count, he fled to England. After his return to the land of Vaud he died in an ordeal by battle in the form of a duel in Bourg-en-Bresse in the year 1397. In addition, Othon de Grandson's poetry introduced Valentine's Day to a broader public, though it had previously been celebrated only in Anglo-Saxon regions.
Origin: ?
Period: 15th century
Image source: Lausanne, Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire, IS 4254: Othon de Grandson, Poems
(www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bcul/IS4254)