Introduction to the Text
This anonymous love song comes from a fifteenth-century chansonnier of polyphonic music (music where several voices sing different musical lines at the same time). It is somewhat unusual in that it is written from the perspective of a woman reflecting on the bond she shares with her distant lover.
Introduction to the Source
This song has been transcribed from the Chansonnier Nivelle de la Chausée (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département de Musique, Res. Vmc MS 57), ff.25v-26r. The manuscript can be viewed here. Another version with minor variants and a different final line is contained in London British Library Lansdowne 380.
About this Edition
This text is under review.
Suggested Citation
'The trust that I have in you'. Trans. Mae Lyons-Penner. Global Medieval Sourcebook.