Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine
France, second quarter of the 14th century
M.1038 fol. 86r

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Pèlerinage: Scene, Pilgrim with Gluttony -- Pilgrim (Guillaume de Deguileville), wearing monk's habit and pilgrim's scrip with strap across his breast, holding staff in right hand, with left hand raised, looks over left shoulder toward Gluttony, wearing headdress, with bag hanging from her mouth and funnel over her shoulder, extending both hands toward the Pilgrim.
Pèlerinage: Scene, Pilgrim with Venus -- Pilgrim (Guillaume de Deguileville), wearing monk's habit and hood, and pilgrim's scrip with strap across his breast, holds staff in right hand. At right, Venus (Personification of Lust), wearing headdress, seated on boar, holds mask in left hand and with dart held in right hand pierces eye of the Pilgrim.