Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Rouen, ca. 1525
MS M.948. Fol. 017r

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, Carol of God of Love -- Youthful male, wearing hat and fur-trimmed garment, with right hand extends bow and with left hand extends arrows to extended hands of winged God of Love (Eros), crowned, wearing short loin-cloth knotted at side, lower leg decorated, looking toward Lover, wearing feathered cap and fur-lined coat, gathering garment in left hand, looking over right shoulder; all in garden enclosed by fence with gate.
Path from the gate leading to clearing on which walk three couples, men wearing hats, another figure partly visible in woods to left.Miniature within architectual frame with decorative scrollwork and three vases, some with foliate ornament, at top.