Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 162r

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Below a plaque with the inscription, DOMINUS TOTIUS CREATURAE, the Ark of the Covenant rests before a semicircular apse. Twin columns with composite capitals, standing on marble plinths, support massive cornices beneath curtains drawn to the sides at the entrance. There is a quatrain below. Frame consists of bands of burnished and dull gold.