Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 78r

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Below an inscription, SUMENS RELIQUIAS DEDIT EIS, placed on a white cloth in the sky, and within an arcaded apse, fronted by engaged Ionic columns and four niches - two with sculpted male figures, stands a monstrance on an altar. Behind the apse is the cross with the crown of thorns and the instruments of Passion including the column, scourge, spear with sponge, and ladder. Vases of flowers, including roses, stand on either side of the architrave. At the bottom is a quatrain. The frame consists of burnished gold and dull gold bands.