Size:
290x213mm
Column miniature
Height: 12 lines
Material and colors:
Parchment
Gold leaf, blue, red, white, pink, black, grey
Initial:
Foliate initial "B" over a gold leaf background. Red, blue and gold leaf foliate extenders spring upwards and downwards partially framing the miniature and the text.lll
Rubric:
3 lines above the miniature read: "Comment la vieille qui garde belacueil / Li aporte le chapel que l’amant / Li envoie par le conseil de faus semblant"
Frame:
Simple gold leaf exterior frame with gold leaf corner pieces over a broader pink inner frame with a white zig zag pattern with decorative details on both the top and bottom sides of the frame and a white wavy pattern on the left and right sides of the frame. There is a further inner frame with a quatrefoil border in red, white, and blue with gold leaf fillings between the borders. Gold leaf foliate extenders and "sperm" are located on the left and right sides of the frame.
Background:
Red, blue and gold leaf diaper pattern in a checkerboard distribution surmounted by a light blue diamond pattern. In addition, there is a mound of earth where Fair Welcoming is standing.
Place of production of miniature:
France
Date of production of miniature:
1353
Similarities with other images of the corpus:
The allegories' position is similar in the following manuscripts: BNCF. Codice Laurenziano Acquisti e Doni 153, fol. 150 ; BSG. Ms. 1126, fol. 90R; BimUM. Ms. H245, fol. 80r ; PML. Ms. 132, fol. 103v.
Secondary Sources:
Langlois, Ernest. Les manuscrits du Roman de la Rose. Description et classement, Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1974, p. 195.