EditorialLady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard. Auguste Bernard d'Agesci; French, 1756-1829. Date: 1770-1790. Dimensions: 32 ? 25 1/2 in. (81.3 ? 64.8 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: France.
EditorialLady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard. Auguste Bernard d'Agesci; French, 1756-1829. Date: 1770-1790. Dimensions: 32 ? 25 1/2 in. (81.3 ? 64.8 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: France.
EditorialLady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard. Auguste Bernard d'Agesci; French, 1756-1829. Date: 1770-1790. Dimensions: 32 ? 25 1/2 in. (81.3 ? 64.8 cm). Oil on canvas. Origin: France.
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 ...
Editorial(Whole folio) Abbess and pupil seated, a group of ladies listening; full borders of flowers and foliage, with a crowned portcullis and a red rose supported by a white greyhound and red dragon. Letters of Abbess Heloise. England, circa 1500. Source: Roy...
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 ...
EditorialAbelard and Heloise, 1325-1350. Scene from the story of the French lovers Abelard and Heloise who married in secret. Abelard was Heloise's tutor and when their relationship was discovered, Abelard was castrated and became a monk. Heloise became abbess ...