Talk:danser

"Dancer" in Sources

I have studied early 1700s' dancing for years and only knew the form "danser/danſer" until this day. Today I discovered a source by Nicolas Bonnart (France, 1637-1717) who titles his work: "Le Maistre a Dancer". http://collections.lacma.org/sites/default/files/remote_images/piction/ma-31866242-O3.jpg Below, he also uses the term "Maistre de Dance". Here I just learned, that the spelling "dancer" indeed existed in Middle French. This example shows, that the spelling "dancer" has been a variation at least until the late 1670s. Somebody in the museum in LA, who edited this file, might have found this c-spelling so unlikely, that it was interpreted as another e. http://collections.lacma.org/node/208309 But why would a successful artist, published in an important Parisian picture book about fashion at the French court, use uncommon and old-fashioned spelling? To me this looks like, danser and dancer were both common during the late 1600s, although "danser" was probably more common. The museum in LA dates this work "1678-1693" and I fully agree. I have been sewing justacorps years ago and estimate the fashion of this dancing master 80s or early 90s. Just had to share that.--Demoiselle Clarisse (talk) 10:58, 13 June 2015 (UTC)