Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Chansonnier provençal
Italy, ca. 1285-1300
MS M.819 fol. 66r

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Initial:
Half-figure of man gesturing with right hand, holding rod with left hand, within initial A deocrated with foliate ornament.
Lower Margin:
Man, probably poet, eyes shut, arms raised, reclining in draped bed.
Text of poem by Arnaut de Maruelh.