Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Roman de la Rose
France, Rouen, ca. 1525
MS M.948. Fol. 086r

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Roman de la Rose: Scene, Lucretia committing Suicide -- Lucretia, with right hand holding sword, pierces own abdomen, bleeding from wounds, partly kneeling on ground and partly supported by hands and arms of two other women, one wearing diadem, all surrounded by eight men, five wearing hats, one feathered and one turban-like, all gesturing, looking on or in conversation with each other.
Scene in room with tiled floor.