Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Poésies
Northeastern France, 1425-1430
MS M.396. Fol. 113v

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Guillaume de Machaut, Fontaine Amoreuse: Scene, Paris giving Apple to Venus -- Paris, wearing hat on back and belted pouch, with left hand holding spade and leashed dog, and with right hand offering Golden Apple to extended left hand of Venus, beside Minerva and Juno, each wearing crown over butterfly headdress.
Illustration of Guillaume de Machaut, Fontaine Amoreuse.