Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
Belgium, possibly Tournai, ca. 1390
MS G.32 fol. 3r

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Miniature in left column: 1) Personification of Envy, wearing wimpled veil, with arms folded, sits on bench. Figure against diapered background within frame decorated with two tendrils of trefoil leaves. Below miniature, red initial A with blue pen flourishes at beginning of text, APRES FU POURTRAITE ENUIE / QUI NE RIT ONQUES EN SA UIE / ... Miniature in right column: 2) Personification of Sadness, seated on bench, with sword in right hand stabs her lower torso or right thigh and holds fold of garment with left hand. Figure against diapered background within frame decorated with two tendrils of trefoil leaves. Below miniature, blue initial D with red pen flourishes at beginning of text, DE UEIS ENUIE AUQUES PRES ERE / TRISTESCE PAINTE EN LA MASIERE / …