Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Avis aus roys
France, probably Paris, 1347-1350
MS M.456 fol. 25v

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Avis aus Roys: Text, Book I, Chapter 19 -- Personifications of Cardinal Virtues present emblems of authority to crowned king, wearing mantle, seated in center on faldstool decorated with animal heads. Fortitude, identified by label inscribed FORTE, places sword in his right hand. Prudence, identified by label inscribed PRUDENCE, places crown on his head. Temperance, identified by label inscribed ATRA(M)PA(N)CE, places shoe on his right foot. Justice, identified by label inscribed IUSTICE, places scepter in left hand.