Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Paris, between 1340 and 1350
MS M.48 fol. 27v

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, Shame and Fear confronting Danger sleeping in Garden -- Man representing Personification of Danger, wearing hooded garment, with club in left hand, reclines with right hand to head on ground before Personification of Shame and Personification of Fear, one veiled; one extends hands toward him, and the other raises right hand; tree on grassy hillock.
Scene against gold background within pink and blue frame of miniature decorated with foliate tendrils on three sides.
In right column, rubric caption of scene, COM(M)ENT PAOUR (ET) HONTE VIEN(N)E(N)T A DANGIER QUI SE DORMOIT OU V(ER)GIER.
Below rubric caption, champide initial A decorated with foliate ornament and tendrils in left column, at beginning of text A CE (CON)SEIL SE SONT TENUES / P(UIS) CE SONT A DANGIER UENUES.