Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Avis aus roys
France, probably Paris, 1347-1350
MS M.456 fol. 5r

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Avis aus Roys: Text, Book I, Chapter 01 -- As personification of state, nude figure of bearded crowned king, holding scepter in left hand, bears scrolls attached at following points: head, inscribed SENESCHALS BAILLIS ET TOUS IUGES; breast, inscribed CONSEILLIERS ET SAIGES; right hand, inscribed CHEVALIERS; right leg, inscribed MARCHEANS; left foot, inscribed LABOUREURS DE TERRES.