Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Rouen, ca. 1525
MS M.948. Fol. 006r

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, Lover walking and Lover picking Rose -- To left, canopied bed with draped mattress and pillow in bedroom with wooden ceiling, tiled floor and window with open shutters revealing landscape in distance.
To right, Lover, wearing feathered cap and fur-trimmed coat, with right hand raises rose toward face, standing in landscape with three birds, one flying, and trees.Miniature within architectual frame with decorative scrollwork, with dolphin-like ornament at top and bottom, and portrait medallion of head man, wearing cap, affixed to the frame at lower right.