Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
Northern France or Belgium, possibly Tournai, ca. 1350
MS G.24 fol. 4r

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Betis: Scene, crowned -- Betis, wearing sword, seated on bench, is crowned "le roy qui ne ment" by Fesonas, holding chaplet in both hands. They are flanked by two women and three men, two wearing swords, one holding hawk or falcon on wrist.
Scene against gold background within decorated frame with foliate extensions.
Illustration of Jacques de Longuyon, Voeux du paon, Laisse 45.