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Abelard Embracing Heloise; Roman de la Rose, about 1405. Creator: Unknown.

Abelard Embracing Heloise; Roman de la Rose, about 1405. Creator: Unknown.

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Abelard Embracing Heloise; Roman de la Rose, about 1405. 12th-century French love affair: abbess and scholar Héloïse d'Argenteuil and her lover, philosopher, ltheologian and poet Peter Abelard. They married in secret, (right), but were discovered. Abelard's punishment was to be castrated.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Peter Abelard: French: Author, theologian, philosopher, poet, composer and musician
  2. Heloise: French: Nun, writer, scholar
People Related
  1. Guillaume de Lorris: French: Author, poet
  2. Jean de Meun: French: Author, translator
Medium
  1. Tempera colours, gold leaf, and ink
Picture Type
  1. Folio
  2. Manuscript
  3. Recto
Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Romance & Love

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3242x4960
File Size : 47,111kb

Aliases

  1. 83.MR.177.56
  1. Ms. Ludwig XV 7 (83.MR.177), fol. 56
  1. 1200004129
  1. 3-038-116
  1. 3038116
  1. 83.MR.177.56

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