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Folio 139rbDetailed manuscript information (based on Ernest Langlois, Les manuscrits du Roman de la rose. Description et classement, Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1974, p. 85):

Parchment, measure: 302 x 217mm, 155 fols, two columns at 38 lines. Beginning of second folio: Lors de ville ou talant d'aler. The manuscript contains the Roman de la rose. At the end, the following lines have been added:

  • Explicit le Romans de la Rose,

    Ou l'Art d'Amours est toute enclose. 

    Nature rit, si com moy semble,

    Quant hic et hec joingnent ensemble.


*La miniature a subi de grands dommages dans la zone des visages de Génius et Nature.

Scène illustrée

Génius absout Nature.



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