Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Chansonnier provençal
Italy, ca. 1285-1300
MS M.819 fol. 218r

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Within initial B, in upper loop, bust of man holding rod; in lower loop half-figure of man wearing fillet, holding rod with right hand, raising left hand.
Lower Margin:
Tree in which are four birds.
Poet, semi-reclining, gesturing with right hand and looking up toward woman gesturing with right hand.
Text of poem by Raimon de Miraval.