Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Poésies
Northeastern France, 1425-1430
MS M.396. Fol. 224r

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Miniature, left column:
1) Voie de Povreté et de Richesse: Scene, Jacques Bruyant arriving at Castle of Labor -- Jacques Bruyant accompanied by personifications of Good Heart, wearing hat over hood, his Wife, wearing headdress, and youthful Ability, approach portal of Castle of Labor out of which emerges Owner and his Wife, wearing headdress, all gesturing.2) Voie de Povreté et de Richesse: Scene, Jacques Bruyant instructed by Owner of Castle of Labor -- Jacques Bruyant, hat draped over right shoulder, with left hand grasped by Owner of Castle of Labor, beside his Wife, wearing headdress, the latter two gesture toward smith, raising hammer in right hand over red hot rod on anvil on base, in architectural setting.