Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
Belgium, possibly Tournai, ca. 1390
MS G.32 fol. 4v

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Miniature in right column: Lover enters through door, appearing before and looking at Personification of Idleness with right hand indicating the door and standing at corner of wall enclosing garden with three trees. Scene against diapered background within frame. Miniature at beginning of text, A TANT M’OUURI UNE PUCELLE / QUIA MERUIEILLES ESTOIT BELLE / …