Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 150r

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The first two lines of a double quatrain appear at the top on a banner with a scalloped border. Below, the motto, NVNQVAM DEFVIT stands above a medallion containing the pillar of fire (which led the Israelites by night) in a nocturnal landscape. Flowers, including roses, tulips and larkspur, emerge from acanthus leaves, a garland of flowers, ribbons, and a hanging cloth with a scalloped border and gold tassels surround the medallion. The remaining verses are below. Three bar frame.