Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Rouen, ca. 1525
MS M.948. Fol. 089r

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, Beauty and Ugliness beating Chastity -- Woman, representing Personification of Beauty, raises stick with right hand over woman, representing Personification of Chastity, veiled with wimple, raising right hand and Old Woman, representing Personification of Ugliness, veiled, extending hands to the veil of the Chastity.
Scene in garden with hilly landscape and trees in background.