A knight commissioned a master to carve an image of the Virgin. He gave him a room in his house in which to work, and when the sculpture was complete, he paid him and sent him off. The knight took the sculpture to a monastery and placed it on the altar. He had promised to that place where he was to be buried.

On his way home, he saw a beautiful young woman and fell in love with her. He was obsessed with her that he could not eat, drink or sleep. He was mad with love.

Wanting to seduce the woman, he sent some old go-betweens to talk with her and win her over. They brought her to his house and he lay down with her in a dark room.

But although he desired her ardently, and she was also eager, he could not make love to her there since it was the room in which the Virgin’ s statue had been carved. They moved from that place and were able to take their pleasure in another room. But because the room was small and narrow, the knight suggested that they return to the other one.

Once again, the knight was impotent. He realised that the Virgin did not want him to make love to the woman in the room where her statue had been carved. He told the young woman about the matter.

They became engaged to appease the Virgin. The knight also had a silver lamp made to place in front of the Virgin’s statue.