Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 186r

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Below a plaque, framed in gold, with the inscription, IPSE EST REX GLORIAE, the Ark of the Covenant stands on an altar before a semicircular recess. Heavy fringed curtains, drawn to the sides, separate this area from an arch in the foreground carried on twin columns on bases. There is a quatrain below. Frame consists of bands of burnished and dull gold.