The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
IDENTITY OF BLUEBEARD.
BRETON PE<sxNTs At LEAST H1TE
No UUUBTs 1BOUT IT.

Htm-Hfa Chateau OF TiHaugeA nnu III
secret Passages Variations Of the story
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Wives and bia avn insitum,ntnIitv ,r en,,i.
,,nc. v,s charged t,uc,nk th,. ,,n,,,, -, rT,n.
demanded ne, in p,n,dog, which In ,,e. -, d.
f,tal,tv ,b,t had ,,c,,.l,,, a., ,,,,,., ,,i,...,
was refused hv h,,h ,,,n,, aud I,,,,,,,., To-
view uf his prcasin,, .n,it ,h,, c.n,, o., y, =, ,,
nent through TN, iu,.,v,rti,, -, =, C,Ii.,
that they might h., married hut upon demand a,
,ith.r fn,h,, n, ui,. an. .h,,iG h ,,,,,,,I :,
he, f.,h.,,s ho,.. ,,,,,. ., t,,,,.... ,rn.. ia.t,
discovered tina, n. had l,l,,d hls ,,iy.s a.. ,.a,,
A, ,bry b.,nm. .n,.i,t. and ,..,,r,, h,, ,,,,,,
death she o.d 4, no, f,,b,, Iu, h,,, h,,.h.,I
pursued and overlook her I'm n wood and d,c,n
itatcd her On the request of herfnth.r ST Gtldas
made npplicntion and procured her c,noni,,,iop
as st Tnphimn"
The story is repeated with .I,byr.,ipn Nv liam,
Lobinenu r.IIis,otv Of Bt,,,gn, Vol II , -,
and in the "His,oir. ,rs Soin,.s A.. /, n-.,.yu.
Armoriaue" CR,nn.s 1870 fol n III, A ,i.,,
Of eyid-nc. bearing ON this story and ,b. identity
Of Blueboard was iii. discovery I'm 1870 az cc,,,i,
frescoes on the CEILING of th,. Iit,l. ,hsn., 81, (,
Nicholas near Bie,,yy. i'm th. D-u.ttm.pt ~
Morbihnn. The report in IN, I,ebo ~ n,,b,b1,
tJnn 10 $3.50, and IN. B,t,.,, l,.,e,,o,,,,,..
d, ra,,oc,aiion B,,tonp, flor ia, sam, con,
Vol IL. n 13s, describes ,bcs. fr.s,o,s tn
arc attributed To Saint Triohin, md ,r,o,d Vim
the incidents r.counted in IN. uf. Of plu.h.,,J
In the first Commandment or p,nrl ~ IN. f,c.r,,.
IN. Iadv's ma,rng, with n,,,,, l,,J &, ,.,,.
..n,.d IN. s.cond shows hin, In ,h,. .c, -, ,r,n,
49,. N'e 'e lu l,l' VI "'v a.' VI s''.ng
MS vic small KEY on leaving MS chateau. The
panels follow in due order. showing her entry
into the forbidden cabinet xh.,. =. o. Ia. .,r
'n'o '"o io'o'uu.h .ao'ne'' where are 10 De seen
So'eh "omeh, INC iormet wives oi htr husbahl
hanging dead then the return Of her husband
and nj. ,h,.,,.,i,s, i,,.,,,,,.,i, ~, 49,,
pohoi SHOWS 'he vic AZ prayer caIInS 10 her
sister, who Is seated at small window: and fin.
- ~ " ' a. " ""iE' ''k n'N WIZ
when inc Two brothers enter with st Gildas and
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no'o V no o''oo',eo 'h". Ie''au'' was ever IN
S ~, or ms' h. knew Of .hest hsy
dn,,n1 bic ,,r,o .r,o,a ,,,.,, y, ,.
auihs MS uhe mere appear !" nave been
these froscnes could have alluded. ON, IN Con,oc
in ,hs s,,,h c.r,,,,,, an. o,ho, -, q ',,., l., W,.
In the fifteenth II the latter It must have been
'aken from Perrau,'s story So the question
resolves itself. which of the two stories is mos,
likely W have been represented by these irescocs'
Il " urged with great force bv thos. who hny.
suJi.d IN. ,r.s,io, ,h, s,oh,,,,io,.;s,, 49,
u' "'' tu.,""" VIC "ioha""E"'S, nus
forans and folklonsts that 1t Il more likely
that they were made after Perrault wrote IN.
,,o,v And tain f,or, =, ,h.n ra, ,,a,. sh'n,
's' on" '"hen rom !" man 'na' 'heF sh"u'd
nave represented Comor To have represented
the former they need have been only a hundred
and hf,y wears old. hut 4, b,v. ,,n,...,,.I ,h,
~" my ''"'' "''' Wv " nave fcp'efrh'fi 'he
latter they must have been NJ an antiquity In
conceivable VI Rps.uw-iy in his article
euutled "Napoleonyillr in Tho "StAust,n,is
Acknowledgements de Ponuyy cSur,.Sses his nnini.n
that these paintings were executed IN I7na This
appears the most likely. aud has been generally
accepted by tho archr0logists aud historians
VI that country and this btnys il oft,r The s,,,y
was written by PcrraulL several wears and even
after his death
Whatever NAV hay, moved p,,r,uIt 4, wit.
his s,oncs and whether hs was influenced thereto
by the history ~ Giles de RctL is IT cnmpara
lively small moment for while his story does n',
In any way follow the truth YET the people through.
out Brttnny emeciallv In a.. rn,,n,,r' 80
bv GILES de Rrz, have accepted PcfrnTIts his
tory as applying " him The .yidenc. in his
behalf is positive and the belief 50 widespread
that It can scarcely bo doubted Al Nantes
Potion Anglers and throughout Br,ttsny ,hc
generally accepted belief the part 81 Tho peuple