Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, Normandy, between 1400 and 1410
MS M.537 fol. 403r

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Scene, Secular: Instruction -- King, crowned, is seated on throne. Man stands next to the throne, raising right hand, holding rod in left hand. Of four men wearing caps standing before the king, one holds flask with right hand and raises left hand; another holds object to mouth; the third holds plate or mirror with both hands, and the fourth holds round object with right hand.
Margins decorated with foliate rinceaux.