Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, 1348
MS M.772 fol. 98r

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P³•lerinage: Scene, Pilgrim with Death -- Pilgrim (Guillaume de Deguileville), wearing monk's habit and hood, with hands crossed on his abdomen, lays on bed beneath curtain that has been drawn back. Beside the bed stands God's Grace, crowned. Climbing onto the foot of the bed is Death, wearing wimpled veil, carrying scythe and coffin.
Miniature executed in grisaille with color accents.