Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, 1340-1350
MS M.185 fol. 45r

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Roman de la Rose: Wheel of Fortune -- Fortune as women, crowned, blindfolded, arms raised, stands in wheel.
Figure against gold background, enclosed in pink, blue and gold frame decorated with ivy leaves at each corner.
Below miniature, pen-flourished initial P beginning text POURCE LI OIL BENDU LI FURENT / DES ANCIENS QUI LA CO(N)NURENT.