John of Fontainejean
John of Fontainejean appears in the Liber florum's Book of Visions (I.iii) as one of two named witnesses — the other being John of Morigny's sister, Bridget (Burgeta) — whose testimony against the ars notoria John of Morigny incorporates into his own visionary autobiography. This section of the text is described in the Liber florum's own reference table as the "Testimony of two other witnesses against the ars notoria" (Rewriting Magic, p.xiv), meaning John of Fontainejean's account functioned, alongside Bridget's, as external corroboration for John of Morigny's own conviction that the ars notoria was spiritually dangerous or demonically contaminated.
Nothing beyond his name and this structural role is established in the material read for this portal. Whether "Fontainejean" identifies a place of origin, a family name, or a religious house is not resolved here — flagged explicitly rather than guessed, per this portal's provenance rule. A fuller identification would likely require the Fanger–Watson critical edition's own commentary, which was not available to this portal's author at build time.
Literature
- Fanger, Claire. Rewriting Magic. Penn State University Press, 2015, p.xiv (structural reference to Book of Visions I.iii).
Literature
- Fanger, Claire. Rewriting Magic. Penn State University Press, 2015.