Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.324 fol. 29r

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Jean de Meun, as scribe, sits on high-backed chair and with right hand raises pen toward open book with pseudo-inscriptions on lectern. Figure against patterned background within frame of miniature decorated with tendrils in left column.
Above miniature, rubric, CI CO(M)MENCA LE ROMANS MESTRE JEHAN DE MEUN ET LE PARFIST JUSQU(ES) EN LA FIN.
Below miniature, rubric, L'AMANT.
Below miniature, initial E decorated with foliate ornament and tendrils, at beginning of text, ET SI L'AY IE PERDUE ESPOIR / A POU QUE NE M'EN DEDESPOIR / ....