Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Rouen, ca. 1525
MS M.948. Fol. 033r

See more information »

Roman de la Rose: Scene, Reason chastising Lover -- Woman, representing Personification of Reason, crowned, wearing diadem and necklace, raises right hand and extends mirror and burning tapered candle with left hand toward Lover, holding hat with left hand.
Scene in garden with wall behind which is hilly landscape and buildings, including tower with windows, in distance.