Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Poésies
Northeastern France, 1425-1430
MS M.396. Fol. 112r

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Guillaume de Machaut, Fontaine Amoreuse: Scene, Minerva, Juno, and Venus at Table -- Minerva, Juno, and Venus, each wearing butterfly headdress, behind draped table, the one in center extending left hand toward Golden Apple inscribed A LA PLUS BELLE; Personification of Discord, wearing kerchief, extending hands toward the Apple.
Illustration of Guillaume de Machaut, Fontaine Amoreuse.