Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 98r

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Below the inscription, EGO PLUAM VOBIS PANIS DE COELO, Israelites rest before tents in a desert with one palm tree, while Moses prays on a rocky promontory beyond to the Golden Triangle above. The scene is painted on a hanging. The quatrain is at the bottom. The frame consists of burnished and dull gold bands.