Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Avis aus roys
France, probably Paris, 1347-1350
MS M.456 fol. 91v

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Avis aus Roys: Text, Book III, Chapter 17 -- Crowned king, wearing mantle, seated on bench, gestures with both hands, index fingers raised, toward group of male figures (counsellors). First figure raises right hand and points to king with left hand. A second figure points with left hand toward king.
Avis aus Roys: Text, Book III, Chapter 18 -- Before curtain hung from rod, crowned king, wearing mantle, hands joined, kneels at prie-dieu before tonsured monk, seated on bench. Monk raises right hand in gesture of blessing and holds switches in left hand.