Beautiful eyes, a donkey, and a holy man converting harlots, or the unknown hagiographic story of Robert of Arbrissel
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exemplum, Robert of Arbrissel, Fontevraud, eyes, donkey, prostitutesAbstract
The subject of the author’s research is the story of Robert of Arbrissel, founder of the Abbey of Fontevraud, who visited a brothel and converted the prostitutes working there. The story has been known only from two modern copies of a lost manuscript. The article presents two medieval manuscripts that attest that the story functioned in the Middle Ages: one, kept in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris (MS Latin 3239), and the other, preserved in the British Library (MS Additional 26770). They present the tale as part of a broader cycle about a preacher who was hindered in his prayers by a donkey and a nun who plucked out her eyes to defend her virtue. The article analyses all three stories. The text includes a source appendix.
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