Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Paris, between 1340 and 1350
MS M.48 fol. 4v

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1) Roman de la Rose: Hypocrisy -- Personification of Hypocrisy, name inscribed PAPELARDIE in rubric, wearing nun’s habit with wimple, kneels with rosary over joined hands raised in prayer before altar draped with cross-inscribed cloth on which is crucifix.
Figure against spiraling filigree background within blue frame of miniature decorated with foliate tendrils on two sides.
Above miniature in left column, rubric label, PAPELARDIE.
Below miniature in left column, champide initial U of Une decorated with foliate ornament and tendrils, at beginning of text, UNE YMAGE OT AP(RE)S ESC(RI)PTE / Q(UI) SAMBLOIT B(IE)N EST(R)E YPO(CR)ITE.
2) Roman de la Rose: Poverty -- Youth, representing Personification of Poverty, name inscribed POURETE in rubric, with right hand to face, sits on ground between two trees.
Figure against diapered background within pink and blue frame of miniature decorated with foliate tendrils on two sides.
Above miniature in right column, rubric label, POURETE.
Below miniature in right column, champide initial P of Povrete decorated with foliate ornament and tendrils, at beginning of text, POURV(RE)TE ESTOIT AU DERRENIER / POURETES Q(UI) I SEUL DENIER.