Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, 1348
MS M.772 fol. 48v

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1) P³•lerinage: Scene, Pilgrim choosing Path -- Pilgrim (Guillaume de Deguileville), tonsured, wearing monk's habit, holding staff in right hand, with left hand indicates two paths, separated by hedge of brambles, briars, and holly.
2) P³•lerinage: Idleness -- Idleness, with looped braids, sits cross-legged on rock or cushion, with left arm crossed on her breast and holding gloves (?) in right hand. To right is hedge of brambles, briars and holly.
3) P³•lerinage: Scene, Pilgrim with Labor -- Labor, wearing hat, sits and pulls apart woven mat. Beside him stands Pilgrim (Guillaume de Deguileville), tonsured, wearing monk's habit, holding staff in right hand.
Miniature executed in grisaille with color accents.