Abelard Collection

Abelard and Heloise
ABELARD AND HELOISE French scholar and nun embracing in the scriptorium

Title Characters
A series of illustrations showing title characters from various operas, films and plays, including Daphnis Et Chloe, Hernani, Judith and Holofernes, Samson and Delilah, Abelard and Heloise, Manon

Heloise d Argenteuil, died 1164
Heloise 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)

Abelard Castrated
ABELARD is castrated on the orders of Fulbert, canon of Notre Dame and uncle of Heloise whom he has secretly wed

Heloise / Bust / Deseine
HELOISE Secretly married to Abelard; after his castration she became a nun Date: 1101 -1164

Heloise / Church / Anon
HELOISE After Abelards castration she becomes a nun and devotes herself to God Date: 1101 -1164

Heloise / Church / Wale
HELOISE After Abelards castration she becomes a nun and devotes herself to God Date: 1101 -1164

Heloise / Church / Ryley
HELOISE After Abelards castration she becomes a nun and devotes herself to God Date: 1101 -1164

Heloise / Garden / Edwards
HELOISE Sitting in her garden, no doubt reading a love letter from Abelard Date: 1101 -1164

Abelard Writing / Edwards
ABELARD Writing to his beloved Heloise, his book of philosophy discarded on the ground Date: 1079 - 1142

Abelard / Heloise / Stothard
ABELARD & HELOISE As forbidden love blossoms, the couple are spied upon Date: 1079-1142; 1101-1164

Abelard / Heloise / Burney
ABELARD & HELOISE Abelard has climbed the garden wall to see his lover Heloise Date: 1079-1142; 1101-1164

Heloise (1101-1164) French nun, lover of Abelard

Kemble as Abelard
JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE actor as Abelard, in a play by an unnamed playwright. Date: 1757 - 1823

Abelard Instructs Helois
Abelard falls in love with Heloise while instructing her in theology; she falls in love with him while being instructed; they marry in secret, but he is castrated

ABELARD French scholar

Abelard / Heloise / Tomb
ABELARD AND HELOISE Monument to the unfortunate lovers in Pere La Chaise Cemetery, Paris Date: 1079-1142; 1101-1164

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