In the middle of the 12th century the Latin works of Statius and
Virgil as well as adaptations of Homer were translated into the
vernacular. At the same time these Latin texts were being brought
into the “romance” language (French), the first examples of the
French poetic form called the “Roman” or Romance were being
written. CB 18, a parchment manuscript, contains two such works,
the Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure and the anonymously
authored Roman de Thèbes.
Place
Preferred form
Tongerlo Abbey (Belgium)
Original form
Abbey of Tongerloo, Diocese of Cambrai, Deanery of Antwerp
