Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La diète de salut
France, Burgundy, ca. 1490
MS M.182 fol. 1r

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Peter of Luxembourg, wearing cardinal's hat and vestments, sits at desk and holds pen in right hand to page of open book, with pseudo-inscription, on desk. Scene in room with circular screw-desk, with stylus case and four books; tile floor; and landscape visible through arcade.