The Prologue to Chrétien de Troye's Erec et Enide

[Paul Ferguson]

"Although it has been documented that alchemical treatises were translated into Latin, beginning at least in the middle of the 12th century, the romances of Chrétien de Troyes have not been connected with alchemical lore. This study suggests that Chrétien’s first Arthurian romance, Erec et Enide, is an alchemical tour de force, and the the “tel chose”, mentioned twice in the prologue, is the key to an alchemical understanding of Erec et Enide."

https://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/the...e-romance/