Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 10r

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A curtain drawn to the side reveals the twelve apostles seated at table around Christ, in the center, who raises his right hand in blessing, as a servant brings food on the right. Three windows look out upon trees and mountains. Below the scene is a quatrain; the whole is framed by alternate bands of dull and burnished gold.