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Curiosity Killed the Monk: The History of an Early Medieval Vice

S. Bruce

2019Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies

DOI: 10.1484/j.jmms.5.117960

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A 12th-century chapter book contains an unstudied line-drawing of a monk ascending a ladder with 'curi' written on it.

Abstract

A twelfth-century chapter book made for the nuns of Admont (MS Admont 567) contains an unstudied line-drawing depicting a monk ascending a ladder next to a list of vices crowned with the word ‘curi...

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BRUCE, S. Curiosity killed the monk: The history of an early medieval vice. Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies, 2019.