La Miracles de Nostre Dame, the major work of French vernacular poet and composer Gautier (1177-1236), was the focus of attention at an interdisciplinary conference in Pittsburgh (no date
noted). European and North American scholars explore it from textual, codicological, musicological, art-history, and historical perspectives. Among their topics are the authorial persona in his
poetry and illuminations, his wordplay as devotional ecstasy, gazing on women, incarnational piety. Five of the 15 essays are in French. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book
Company. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
