E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Wace, Maistre
(b. Jersey, about 1112; d. about 1174). “Chroniques des Ducs de Normandie” (1825); “Le Roman de Rou” (1827, new ed. 1876, English translation 1837); “Le Roman de Brut” (1836–38); “Vie de Saint Nicolas” (1850); “Vies de la Vierge Marie et de S. George” (1859). See The Retrospective Review (November, 1853), Wright’s “Biographia Literaria;” Morley’s “English Writers,” vol. iii.; and Pluquet’s “Notice sur la Vie et les Ecrits de Robert Wace.”
