Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 118r

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Below a plaque with the quotation, CARO MEA VERE EST CIBUS, and in an architectural setting, a monstrance, flanked by a vase of flowers on either side, stands upon the entablature of a façade with an arched opening onto a landscape, all within a gold frame. At the sides are emblems of the Passion, including a pitcher and basin on the left, halberds, pincers, spears, Veronica’s veil, swords, ladder, banner inscribed SPOR, torch, maces, cross at the top, sponge, column, scourges, lantern, and Christ’s garment on the right. There is a quatrain below. The frame consists of bands of burnished and dull gold.