Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Rouen, ca. 1525
MS M.948. Fol. 044r

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, Death of Guillaume de Lorris -- Guillaume de Lorris, nude, eyes closed, reclining on table, with arms crossed on waist, in room with three shelves on which are books, one book open showing pseudo-inscriptions; tiled floor.
Through three arches in background, canopied bed beside draped table on which are books in bedroom; window with open wooden shutters; and through doorway, man, possibly Jean de Meun, wearing cap, crosses arms on breast, on path in landscape.Text written in ruled space resembling scroll unfurling at edges.