Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Le pèlerinage de la vie humaine
France, second quarter of the 14th century
M.1038 fol. 111v

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Pèlerinage: Scene, Pilgrim with Sickness and Old Age -- Pilgrim (Guillaume de Deguileville), wearing monk's habit and hood and pilgrim's scrip with strap across his breast, holding staff in right hand, is lifted into bed by Sickness and Old Age, both wearing wimpled veils.
Pèlerinage: Scene, Pilgrim with Pity -- Pilgrim (Guillaume de Deguileville), wearing monk's habit and hood and pilgrim's scrip with strap across his breast, holding staff in left hand, lays in bed and is attended by Pity, extending cord in both hands.