Heloise taking the veil, illustration from 'Lettres d'Heloise et d'Abelard', volume I, page 39, engraved by Remi DelvauxbyJean Michel the Younger Moreau
Heloise (1101-64) prend le voile; French nun; scholar; abbess; Letters; correspondence; letter; Eloise; medieval; c12th; after castration of Pierre Abelard (1079-1142); Peter; BN Imp Z 716-718; love affair; enfant de choeur;