EditorialHeloise d'Argenteuil, nun, scholar and writer, best known for her romance with Abelard, died 1164. The large purse hanging from her belt is called an escarcelle (aumoniere or almoner). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after ...
EditorialHeloise d'Argenteuil, nun, scholar and writer, best known for her romance with Abelard, died 1164. The large purse hanging from her belt is called an escarcelle (aumoniere or almoner). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after ...
EditorialBourgeoise woman of the reign of King Henry IV, 1610. She wears a taffeta bodice and skirt, silk petticoat, lace collar and headdress, and velvet aumoniere (alms purse). Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from "L'Art du Travestissemen...