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Detailed manuscript information (based on Simonetta Mazzoni Peruzzi, Il Codice Laurenziano Acquisti e Doni 153 del Roman de la rose, Florence: Casa editrice Le Lettere, 1986 and Ernest Langlois, Les manuscrits du Roman de la rose. Description et classement, Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1974, p. 184-187):
Parchment, measure: 242 x 77mm, 259 folios, one column of 45 lines. The Roman de la rose is fols 3-257. On fols 257v-259r, a text in Latin has been added (see Langlois for full transcription). Beginning of the fourth folio (formerly the second): Lors esteut jovenes gens entendre.
Scène illustrée
Amant saisit le rosier.
Dimensions:
Miniature de la largeur d’une colonne
Hauteur: 8 vers
Matériaux et couleurs:
Parchemin
Bleu, vert, jaune, rouge, noir
Encadrement:
Contour noir, non rempli
Fond:
Ciel bleu et rosier
Lieu de production de la miniature:
France
Date de production de la miniature:
1300-1350
Allégories:
Amant
Rose
Vêtements:
Aucun vêtement. Dessin grisaille.
Gestes:
Amant tient la main gauche sur la poitrine.
De la main droite, il tire la rose vers son visage.
Objets:
Lit
*La seule miniature du corpus à dépeindre un lit dans cette scène; le lit représente la conquête ou le “viol” de la rose.
Couverture
Dessin grisaille
Paysage:
Fond: ciel bleu
Rosier
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La Faculté des Lettres
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