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Psalter, MS M.43 fol. 18r – Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts – The Morgan Library & Museum

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folio 97v from a deluxe copy of la somme le roi, a moral treatise compiled by laurent d’orléans, confessor of king philip III of france and tutor of his children, ±1295 | top left: humility on a unicorn holding a palm and a mirror | top right: pride typified by ahaziah falling from a tower | bottom left: the sinner kneeling before a furnished altar | bottom right: the hypocrite (a man wearing a jewish hat) kneeling before a bare altar | add ms 54180 | british library, london

folio 97v from a deluxe copy of la somme le roi, a moral treatise compiled by laurent d’orléans, confessor of king philip III of france and tutor of his children, ±1295 | top left: humility on a unicorn holding a palm and a mirror | top right: pride ty… Continue reading

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Mystical 2024-05-13 11:42:25

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leaf from a deluxe copy of la somme le roi, a moral treatise compiled by laurent d’orléans, confessor of king philip III of france and tutor of his children, ±1295 | at the top left equity (fairness) is trampling on a wolf and holding a plumb line and a medallion emblazoned with a lamb | in noah’s ark the pairing of animals suggests an equitable arrangement | the vice of felony is exemplified by cain killing abel and moses restraining two combative men | mss 192 | fitzwilliam museum, cambridge

leaf from a deluxe copy of la somme le roi, a moral treatise compiled by laurent d’orléans, confessor of king philip III of france and tutor of his children, ±1295 | at the top left equity (fairness) is trampling on a wolf and holding a plumb line and … Continue reading

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folio 121v from a deluxe copy of la somme le roi, a moral treatise compiled by laurent d’orléans, confessor of king philip III of france and tutor of his children, ±1295 | top left: prowess as a crowned female figure standing on a bull holding a medallion of a lion passant | top right: idleness as a ploughman sleeping beside his neglected plough | bottom left: prowess typified by david and goliath | bottom right: work as a sower | add ms 54180 | british library, london

folio 121v from a deluxe copy of la somme le roi, a moral treatise compiled by laurent d’orléans, confessor of king philip III of france and tutor of his children, ±1295 | top left: prowess as a crowned female figure standing on a bull holding a medall… Continue reading

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Book Worm 2024-05-13 11:41:43

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