Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Paris, between 1340 and 1350
MS M.48 fol. 79v

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, God of Love presenting Crown to False Seeming -- God of Love (Eros), crowned, winged, stands with left hand lowered and with right hand extended to crown on head of Dominican friar, representing Personification of False Seeming, wearing hooded habit, kneeling with joined hands raised.
Scene against diapered background within pink and blue frame of miniature decorated with foliate tendrils on three sides.
Above miniature, rubric caption of scene, CO(M)MENT AMOURS RECOIT FAUS SA(M)BLANT ET LE FAIT ROY DE RIBA(ULX) DELA.
In right column, champide initial F of Faus with foliate ornament and tendrils, at beginning of text, FAUS SA(M)BLANT P(AR) TEL COUUENANT / SERAS O MOI TOUT MAINTENANT.