Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 142r

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At the top a plaque with the inscription, QUI MANDUCAT HUNC PANEM IN AETERNUM, is framed in gold under which acanthus ornament faces a shell at the center. Below, against paneling, a monstrance rests on an altar decorated with emblems of the Passion, including column, cross, spear, and ladder, and a vase of flowers on either side, surmounted by curtains drawn to the sides by garlands of flowers, including roses, and a larger hanging topped by a coronal cap. There is a quatrain below. The frame consists of bands of burnished and dull gold.