Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
Belgium, possibly Tournai, ca. 1390
MS G.32 fol. 84v

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Miniature in left column:
1) Roman de la Rose: Scene, God of Love planning Attack on Castle of Jealousy -- God of Love, crowned, winged, with hands raised, addresses group of five Barons of God of Love, wearing helmets and armor, armed with spears, two with shields, one inscribed FRA(N)C[...], held by Personification of Frankness, wearing long garment.
Scene against gold diapered background, within frame decorated with two tendrils of trefoil leaves (pair of leaves not gilded).
Miniature between two lines of couplet of text, DE TELZ ARMES COM ARMER DUBRENT / ARME SONT ET QUANT ARME FURENT / ...
Miniature in left column:
2) Roman de la Rose: Scene, Castle attacked -- Group of three soldiers wearing helmets, one armed with sword, and another with spear, two with shields, inscribed, before castle, in which are two soldiers wearing helmets, armed with swords, behind Personfication in red hood, armed with club.
Scene against gold filigree on red background, within frame decorated with four tendrils of trefoil leaves.
Miniature following text above, NE MALADES NE PERECHEUSES / AINS ERENT FORS ET VIGUEREUSES / ...
Miniature in right column:
3) Roman de la Rose: Scene, False Seeming and Forced Abstinence as Pilgrims -- Personification of False Seeming, wearing monk’s hooded habit, disguised as pilgrim with scrip over shoulder and staff in right hand, raises left hand toward Personification of Forced Abstinence, wearing nun’s wimpled white veil over black habit, inscribed as Beguine in text, holding pilgrim’s staff in right hand.
Scene with tree against diapered background, within frame decorated with two tendrils of trefoil leaves.
Miniature below and above text, QU’ILZ S’EN IRONT EN TAPINAGE / AUSSI CON EN PELERINAGE / COM BONNE GENT PITEUSE ET SAINTE / TANTOST ABSENIENCE CONSTRAINTE / UEST UNE ROBE CAMELINE / ET S’ATOURNE COMME BEGUINE / …