Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 138r

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At the top, a plaque framed in gold, bears the inscription, HOC CIBO ALITI SUNT. The scene enfolds as if a tapestry with Israelites eating manna within and before their tents on a desert plain with several palm trees and a mountain in the distance. Below there is a quatrain framed. The frame consists of bands of burnished and dull gold.