Pere Tresfort was a minor Catalan

Catalan people

The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...

 Occitan poet of the early fifteenth century. Three of his poems are preserved in the Cançoner Vega-Aguiló

Cançoner Vega-Aguiló

The Cançoner Vega-Aguiló is a chansonnier predominantly carrying Catalan and Occitan pieces, but also some Castilian and Middle French verse.-Bibliography:*Anna Alberni Jordà , PhD thesis, University of Barcelona....

 and from their rubric

Rubric

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s it can be ascertained that Pere was a notary

Notary public

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His song "Ab fletxes d'aur untatz d'erb'amorosa" consists in one decasyllabic stanza and a tornada

Tornada (Occitan literary term)

In Occitan lyric poetry, a tornada refers to a final, shorter stanza which is addressed to a patron, lady, or friend. They often contain useful information about the piece's composition and the troubadour's circle....

. This theme was revisited at greater length by Ausiàs March

Ausiàs March

Ausiàs March was a Valencian poet who was born in Gandia towards the end of the 14th century. He was the son of Pere March, nephew of Jaume March II, and cousin of Arnau March....

 towards the end of the century. The dansa

Dansa

A dansa was an Occitan form of lyric poetry developed in the late thirteenth century among the troubadours. It is related to the English term "dance" and was often accompanied by dancing. A closely related form, the balada or balaresc, had a more complex structure, and is related to the ballade...

"Jovencelhs qui no à.ymia" is written in praise of love. Pere's third song is "Gran carrech han huy tuyt l'om de paratge".

Sources

• Riquer, Martín de (1964). Història de la Literatura Catalana, vol. 1. Barcelona: Edicions Ariel.
• Incipitario di Pere Tresfort at the Repertorio informatizzato dell'anitca letteratura catalana (RIALC)