Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 110r

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Below a plaque with the quotation, there is an elaborate architectural setting with a monstrance on a table at the center under curtains drawn to the sides, a candelabrum hanging from above, and side panels at the top with emblems of the Passion, including column with scourges, and cross with crown of thorns, sponge, and spear. Two painted panels or openings below show a continuous landscape with trees and a river. At the bottom is a quatrain. The frame consists of burnished and dull gold bands.