Colart le Boutellier (''

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'' 1240–60) was a well-connected trouvère from

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. There are no references to him independent of his own and others' songs, found in the

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s. One of these depicts the known

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used by the Boutillier family, one of the petty noble clans of Arras, and assigns it to Colart. Another manuscript does not show any arms for Colart F-Pn fr.844 and it can be surmised that he was in fact a member of one of the middle-class families of the same name that could then be found in Arras. He may have been a relative of Robert le Boutellier, who judged a between Thomas Herier and Gillebert de Berneville.

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"Colart le Boutellier."
Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Accessed 20 September 2008. Two of his songs, and , Colart dedicated to a certain "" (William the master, i.e. teacher or one with a master's degree). This Guillaume is probably identical to the trouvère Guillaume li Vinier, with whom Colart exchanged a , his only one: . Colart dedicated a song each to

Jehan Bretel Jehan Bretel (''c''.1210 – 1272) was a trouvère. Of his known oeuvre of probably 97 songs, 96 have survived. Judging by his contacts with other trouvères he was famous and popular. Seven works by other trouvères ( Jehan de Grieviler, Jehan Era ...

(),

Jehan de Nuevile Jehan de Nuevile (''c''.1200–''c''.1250) was the second son of the Eustache de Nuevile, a minor nobleman with land in Neuville-Vitasse, near Arras. Jehan succeeded to the patrimony on the death of his elder brother, Eustache. He himself was dead ...

() and Phelippot Verdière (). Jehan de Nuevile dedicated one to Colart in return. Colart also received dedications from Gillebert de Berneville,

Guibert Kaukesel Maistre Guibert Kaukesel or Hubert Chaucesel (''fl. '' 1230–55) was a trouvère from Arras, where he is named as a canon in a document of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame in 1250. His title indicates he was probably a Master of Arts. He was a member o ...

and

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. was used as the model for an anonymous song, . His was a model for another anonymous song, , and provided the basis for a contrafactum by the

Chastelain de Couci Le Chastelain de Couci (modern orthography Le Châtelain de Coucy) was a French trouvère of the 12th century. He may have been the Guy de Couci who was castellan of Château de Coucy from 1186 to 1203. Some twenty-six songs, written in langue d' ...

, . Thirteen songs by Colart are preserved in manuscripts. He preferred isometre,

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and G modes. He "often drew material from the

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in the

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{{Authority control Trouvères 13th-century French people Male classical composers