Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 146r

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The first two lines of a double quatrain appear at the top within an ornate frame sprouting acanthus leaves, morning glories, sheaves of wheat, grapevines, and a female head crowned with wheat and foliage at the top. A basket of grapes and sheaves of wheat rests on the frame on either side of a medallion containing a landscape under the rays of the sun. The motto OMNIA IN OMNIBVS is attached to the top of the medallion. Below the medallion there is a monochrome landscape with a putto seated upon a dolphin. A plaque at the bottom contains the remaining verses of the quatrain. Three bar golden frame.