I can't now recall and don't have a copy, but does not Enid Welsford's 1927 <The Court Masque> do something of what your are asking about? JD ********************************* Jerome S. Dees / English Department / 122 Denison Hall Kansas State University / Manhattan KS 66506-0701 ph 785-532-2156; fax 785-532-2192; e-mail [log in to unmask] ******************************** On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Tiffany Werth wrote: > I've been working on a project that traces the transmission of cultural > forms into poetic texts, specifically earlier forms of the masque. It > seems that someone must have already done a study of the courtly masque > or popular pageant tradition as it informs Spenser's mask of Cupid in > book III, but it has eluded me. Anyone on the list familiar with such a > piece of scholarship? > > Thanks, > > Tiffany Werth >