Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

La vérité à la place des ombres
France, Paris, 1679
MS M.21 fol. 122r

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Below a plaque with the inscription, GUSTUS EJUS QUASI SIMILAE CUM MELLE, Moses and Aaron stand among the Israelites, some holding bowls, some cooking in a vat over a fire, some within their tents, on a plain with trees and a pool on the left and mountains beyond. The scene is painted in imitation of tapestry. Below there is a quatrain. The frame consists of bands of burnished and dull gold.