The Art of Making VersesAn elegant medieval guide to verse composition and rhetoric, presented in a new authoritative edition and English translation. The Art of Making Verses, Ars versificatoria, was composed by the thirteenth century English poet and teacher Gervase of Melkley, who studied under John de Hauville. He belongs to a select company of French and English scholastic poets including not only de Hauville but also Alan of Lille and Bernardus Silvestris. The