corbiac

Updated: July 4, 2025

The following stanzas from the well-known hymn to the Virgin by Peire de Corbiac, will give an idea of the character of this poetry. "Lady, rose without thorn, sweet above all flowers, dry rod bearing fruit, earth bringing forth fruit without toil, star, mother of the sun, nurse of thine own Father, in the world no woman is like to thee, neither far nor near.

H.J. Chaytor - The Troubadours