Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
Belgium, possibly Tournai, ca. 1390
MS G.32 fol. 26r

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Miniature in left column:
1) Roman de la Rose: Scene, Friend comforting Lover -- Friend, wearing hat and hooded garment, gestures toward Lover with arms folded, both standing between two trees.
Scene against gold diapered background within frame decorated with two tendrils of trefoil leaves.
Miniature between two lines of couplet in text, AINSI M’OITRIA [sic] MA REQUESTE / ET IE L’ALAY CONTER EN HESTE / ...
Miniature in right column:
2) Roman de la Rose: Scene, Danger guarding Rose Garden -- Lover sits on ground, raising left hand, outside wicker fence enclosing garden of roses, in which hooded, bearded male Personification of Danger stands with right hand raised and club of thorns in left hand, facing the Lover.
Scene against gold filigree on black background within frame decorated with five tendrils of trefoil leaves.
Miniature at beginning of text, A LE HAIE QUE DANGIERS GARDE / SUY RETOURNES QUI MOULE ME TARDE / ...
3) Roman de la Rose: Scene, Frankness and Pity speaking to Danger -- Lover with arms folded looks toward Personifications of Frankness and Pity addressing hooded bearded male Personification of Danger with right hand raised, at entrance of wicker fence enclosing garden of roses.
Scene against diapered background within frame decorated with four tendrils of trefoil leaves.
Miniature followed by blue initial T with red pen flourishes at beginning of text on folio 26v, TANT QUE L’ESTOIE EN CESTE PAINE / ESTES ME VOUS QUE DIEX M’AMAINE / …