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Roman de la Rose
France, Rouen, ca. 1525
MS M.948. Fol. 145r

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, Lover attacked by Danger -- Man, representing Personification of Danger, with right hand holds club and with left hand grasps tresses of Lover, with joined hands raised, also grasped from behind by one of two women, representing Personifications of Fear and Shame, one raising right arm.
Scene in room with tiled ceiling and floor, to left arch with room in background; to right arched doorway with landscape beyond.



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