Medieval literature

>>9710826
The Knight in the Panther's Skin was dope
The Nibelungenlied was dope
Grettir's saga was dope
Piers Plowman was dope
The Mabinogion was dope

Never cared much for Arthurian stuff or similar such stuff that came out of France

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I present you the GOAT.

>The text of the book is written in a bizarre Latinate Italian. Without explanation, the text is full of words based on Latin and Greek roots. The book, however, also includes words from the Italian language and illustrations which include Arabic and Hebrew words. Moreover, Colonna would invent new forms of language when those available to him were inaccurate. The book also contains some uses of Egyptian hieroglyphs, but they are not authentic. Most of them have been drawn from a medieval text of dubious origin called Hieroglyphica.

>The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, set in 1467, consists of a series of precious and elaborate scenes involving the title character, Poliphilo ("friend of many things" from the Greek words polloi meaning "many" and philos meaning "friend"). In these scenes, Poliphilo wanders a bucolic-classical dreamland in search of his love, Polia ("many things"). The author's style is elaborately descriptive and unsparing in its use of superlatives. The text makes frequent references to classical geography and mythology, mostly by way of comparison.

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I'm not even going to pretend I understand 80% of what he was talking about, but at least now I understand the properties of angels.

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>>9710826
Well, i haven't read too much medieval stuff, but i'd say this

>>9711293
Nice find. I suppose you've got the translation by Joscelyn Godwin. Would you care to give a short review?

The Decameron

>>9711860
whats abouot

Bisclavret, in the Lays of Marie de France.

The best werewolf story ever.