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Les évangiles des quenouilles
by maistre de Cambray Fouquart, Antoine Duval, active 14th century d'Arras Jean
Chapters
12 totalCy commence le traittié intitulé les euvangiles des quenoilles faittes a l'onneur et exaucement des dames.
Les noms des dames qui firent le texte des euvangiles des quenoilles.
Qui fut la premiere femme qui mist avant ces euvangiles. Et comment le composeur de ce livre fut constraint de faire cest euvre.
L'ordonnance de cestui livre mise en termes par dame ysengrine.
L'ordonance de la premiere journee. et de la descripcion de dame ysengrine du glay et qui elle fut.
S'ensieut la continuacion des euvangiles faittes et leuttes par dame transeline du croq pour le mardy en l'ostel et a heure acoustumez.
S'ensieut la continuacion des euvangiles des queloingnes faittes le mercredy soir par dame abonde du four.
S'ensieut la continuacion des euvangiles leuttes par dames sebile des mares le jeudy soir en l'ostel accoustumez.
La continuacion de la journee du jeudy au vendredy faitte par dame gomberde la faee.
La continuacion de la serie du vendredy a celle du sammedy.
Description
This curious treatise opens with a passionate defense of the “gospels of the quenouilles,” a collection of sayings attributed to learned women of antiquity. Its narrator, a modest clerk who has long served these dames, laments the ridicule they endure and vows to set their wisdom straight, presenting the text as both a tribute and a safeguard for their authority.
Within its first pages the work names six remarkable women—Ysengrine, Transeline, Abonde, Sebile, Gomberde and Berthe—each described as a sage who has shaped the verses over centuries. The author traces the origins back to the early reign of the legendary king Zoroastes and his queen Hermofrodita, suggesting that the sayings have been handed down, refined and expanded by successive generations of insightful women. The treatise promises to reveal their insights on nature, virtue and the divine, offering listeners a rare glimpse into a forgotten feminine voice that once guided believers.
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Language
fr
Duration
~1 hours (85K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Release date
2018-12-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the authors
maistre de Cambray Fouquart
Known only through a late medieval collaboration, this elusive writer is linked to Les Évangiles des quenouilles, a lively collection of women’s sayings, beliefs, and household lore from fifteenth-century France.
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Antoine Duval
A French legal scholar with a special focus on international and sports law, he writes about how global rules, institutions, and politics shape the world of sport. His work brings together legal analysis and a close look at the real tensions behind modern sports governance.
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Little is known about this 14th-century French writer, but his name endures through one of the Middle Ages' most memorable tales: the story of Mélusine, the mysterious fairy ancestress of the house of Lusignan. His work blends legend, family history, and courtly storytelling in a way that still feels vivid centuries later.
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