Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, 1340-1350
MS M.185 fol. 67r

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, Jealous Husband beating Wife -- Husband, raising mallet or shovel with right hand, grasps with left hand, hair of wife, both hands raised.
Figures against diapered background enclosed in blue and pink frame with gold corners decorated with ivy leaves.
Below miniature, pen-flourished initial A beginning text AINS FIERT ET FRAPE ROILLE ET MAILLE / CELLE CRIE BRET ET BAAILLE.