Encyclopædia britannica, ninth edition/baïf, jean antoine de

Thanks, perhaps, to the surroundings of his childhood, he grew up an enthusiast for the fine arts, and surpassed in zeal all the leaders of the Renaissance in France. His father spared no pains to secure the best possible education for his son. When he was eleven years old he was put under the care of the famous Jean Daurat q.

Ronsard, who was eight years his senior, now began to share his studies.

Encyclopædia britannica, ninth edition/baïf, jean antoine de: BAÏF, Jean Antoine de, poet of

Besides a number of volumes of short poems of an amorous or congratulatory kind, he translated or paraphrased various pieces from Bion, Moschus, Theocritus, Anacreon, Catullus and Martial. He resided in Paris, and enjoyed the continued favour of the court. In this he was not a pioneer. He also meditated reforms in French spelling.

His theories are exemplified in Etrenes de poezie Franzoeze an vers mezures He also wrote a celebrated sonnet in praise of the massacre of Saint Bartholomew. He died in Page Source Discussion.