Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 74r

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Below a plaque with the inscription, NEC REMANEBIT QUIDQUAM EX EO, a scene painted in imitation of tapestry, shows an interior lit by a hanging lamp. On the left a woman throws the remains of the Passover Feast into the fire. Two men bearing staves, a girl holding her dog, and a woman with a bundle on a table, gather up belongings. A man carrying a platter and pitcher enters through the doorway at the back. There is a quatrain edged at the bottom. The frame consists of burnished gold and dull gold bands.