Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 178r

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Below a plaque with the inscription, IPSE EST DUCTOR TUUS, a valance with gold tassels, a golden cherub in the center, and fringed curtains drawn to the sides, frame twisted, fluted columns revealing a proscenium open to the sky. The Ark of the Covenant rests on an altar within. Behind there is a semicircular arcade, also open to the sky, with galleries and arches revealing a landscape. The name of the artist and date, PATEL. PINXIT. 1679 is inscribed on the edge of the tiled floor above a plinth containing a quatrain. Frame consists of bands of burnished and dull gold.