Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 62r

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Within a draped shrine, a monstrance stands on an altar, with the monogram IHS surmounted by a cross, above which hangs a golden lamp, all framed by acanthus leaves and festoons of grapes and flowers including roses and daffodils. A vase of flowers flanks each side of the shrine on a marble plinth which bears the quatrain. The frame consists of burnished gold and dull gold bands.