Les évangiles des quenouilles

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.