Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Poésies
Northeastern France, 1425-1430
MS M.396. Fol. 220r

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Miniature, left column:
1) Voie de Povreté et de Richesse: Scene, Jacques Bruyant and his Wife visited by Understanding -- Jacques Bruyant and his Wife, the latter with eyes closed, both with heads covered, lay under covers with their heads on pillows, visited by male personification of Understanding, raising both hands.2) Voie de Povreté et de Richesse: Scene, Jacques Bruyant and his Wife visited by Deceit, Trickery, and Subterfuge -- Jacques Bruyant and his Wife, the latter with eyes closed, both with heads covered, lay under covers with their heads on pillows, visited by three male personifications of Deceit, Trickery, and Subterfuge, the foremost two raising hands.