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  • Posted on October 26, 2009 5:37 PM invertebrae seems like of the trifecta corvus corax, faun and estampie, that corvus corax would be the most "major" of these bands, just based strictly on the venues and productions of their shows.

    Day 3: Filming at Doune Castle 2009

  • Simon had made his way gradually a further quarter of a mile away from the river, still whistling his estampie at intervals, before he got a response.

    The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

  • Simon had made his way gradually a further quarter of a mile away from the river, still whistling his estampie at intervals, before he got a response.

    The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

  • The metrical forms were various, and were gradually reduced to rule; the _ballette_, of Provençal origin, was a more elaborate _rondet_, consisting of stanzas and refrain; the _estampie_ (_stampôn_, to beat the ground with the foot) was a dancing-song; the lyric _lai_, virtually identical with the

    A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878

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