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France, 1348
MS M.772 fol. 93r

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1) P³•lerinage: Worship -- Worship sits and holds horn and is flanked by portative organ and psaltery.
2) P³•lerinage: 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.
3) P³•lerinage: Scene, Abstinence at Refectory -- Abstinence, wearing gorget, stands beside draped table at which sit two tonsured monks, wearing habits. Three dead people, possibly in shrounds, including two kneeling, serve the monks with bowls.
Miniatures executed in grisaille with color accents.



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