Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 160r

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Headpiece, framed by a thin gold band, contains a monstrance resting on the Ark of the Covenant before a curtain flanked by censers with burning incense and vases of flowers including roses and daffodils. An initial D in a cartouche framed by scrolls within a square panel. The frame contains bands of burnished and dull gold.