Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 182r

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Below a plaque, edged with a gold scroll frame, with the inscription, VENITE POST ME, a monstrance, surmounted by a cross, stands on an altar, with the monogram IHS, within an open arch framed by two pairs of engaged Corinthian columns with an entablature supporting the seated figure of Hope attended by a cupid, an anchor resting at her side, all within an arch of bay leaves. Emblems of the Passion outside the arch include a column topped by a pitcher and basin, scourges, hammer, torch, mace, sword, purse, spears, halberds, banner inscribed SPOR, sponge, cross at the top bearing Veronica’s veil and Christ’s garment, ladder, lantern, cock, and an empty chair embroidered with an eagle. There is a quatrain below. Frame consists of bands of burnished and dull gold.