Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Les chevalier aux dames
France, Lorraine, 1477
MS M.344 fol. 93r

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Chevalier aux Dames: Scene, Noble Coeur in Prayer -- Noble Coeur, wearing armor, with joined hands raised, kneels beside feathered helmet, and beside draped prie-dieu on which is open book with pseudo-inscriptions. Scene in room with three windows and tiled floor. Miniature within gold frame for Chevalier aux Dames; Noble Coeur thanks the Virgin Mary who has withdrawn from sight.