Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine
France, second quarter of the 14th century
M.1038 fol. 107r

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Pèlerinage: Chastity and Poverty -- Poverty, wearing gambeson, stands with arms crossed on her breast. To right is Chastity, veiled, holding staff in both hands, beside bed.
Pèlerinage: Scene, Abstinence at Refectory -- Abstinence, wearing gorget, stands beside draped table at which sit three tonsured monks, wearing habits. Three dead people, possibly in shrouds, including two kneeling, serve the monks with bowls.