▁University ▁of ▁Paris . ▁He ▁was ▁probably ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 0 9 0 s ▁and ▁may ▁have ▁died ▁about ▁ 1 1 6 0 . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁his ▁younger ▁contemporary , ▁the ▁Arch po et , ▁he ▁marks ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁period ▁in ▁Latin ▁literature . ▁ ▁Biography ▁The ▁earliest ▁and ▁best - known ▁source ▁for ▁Hugh ▁Prim as ' s ▁life ▁is ▁in ▁a ▁passage ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Chron ica ▁of ▁Richard ▁of ▁Po it iers ▁for ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 1 4 2 : ▁ ▁Hugh ▁is ▁also ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁Chron icle ▁by ▁Francesco ▁Pi pp ino , ▁and ▁he ▁may ▁be ▁" Prim asso ", ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁story ▁in ▁B occ ac cio ' s ▁Dec amer on ▁( 1 . 7 ). ▁ ▁Other ▁medieval ▁writers ▁say ▁very ▁little ▁about ▁his ▁life : ▁they ▁knew ▁" Prim as " ▁for ▁his ▁po ems . ▁Yet ▁they ▁rarely ▁quoted ▁them ▁under ▁his ▁name . ▁Modern ▁sch ol ars ▁were ▁therefore ▁able ▁to ▁attribute ▁no ▁work ▁to ▁Hugh ▁Prim as ▁until ▁Wilhelm ▁Meyer ▁observed , ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁that ▁one ▁poem ▁actually ▁contains ▁the ▁name ▁" Prim as ". ▁Meyer ▁then ▁real ised ▁that ▁the ▁Oxford ▁manuscript ▁containing ▁this ▁one ▁poem ▁includes ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁twenty - two ▁others ▁that ▁are ▁probably ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁author , ▁including ▁another ▁seven ▁containing ▁the ▁internal ▁signature ▁" Prim as ". ▁ ▁The ▁twenty - three ▁po ems ▁identified