Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 1126, fol. 139r2, 1350-1360 | MARGOT

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

Parchment, measure: 302x217mm, 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.

*The miniature is severely damaged in the area of Genius' and Nature's faces.

Scene depicted

Genius absolves Nature.

Miniature description

Size:

302x217mm

Column miniature

Height: 11 lines

Materials:

Parchment

Gold leaf, blue, red, pink, white

Rubric:

Directly above miniature: "Vesci comment genius absout nature"

Initials:

Unclear initial, but probably foliated with extenders upward and downward framing the miniature and the text on the right and the left.

Frame:

Simple gold leaf exterior frame with corner pieces, and interior frame with white wavy patterns and decorative details over a blue background.

The column is also surrounded by two gold foliated bars.

Background:

Red and blue diaper pattern (checkerboard and lozenges)

Placement of miniature:

Directly after Nature's confession

Place of Production of the Miniature:

Paris, France

Date of Production of the Miniature:

1350-1360

Similarities to other images from the corpus:

Gestures:

PML, MS. 324 fol. 128v

BISMUM, H245, fol. 118v

LBG, MS. FR178, fol. 143r

BSG, MS. 1126, fol. 139r

Secondary Sources:

Langlois, Ernest. Les manuscrits du Roman de la Rose. Description et classement. Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1974, p. 85.

Detailed description

Allegories:

Genius is on the left.

Nature is on the right.

Clothing:

1. Genius dressed as a bishop

Pink alb
Red cape with blue interior
Mitre

2. Nature

Pink robe
Blue cape with red interior
Simple headdress with a wimple falling to the shoulders

Gestures:

Genius is sitting, his arms together and placed upon Nature's head. He is looking down, absolving her of her sins.

Nature is kneeling on both knees, her hands together in the act of prayer. Her head is bowed.

Objects:

Genius is sitting on a brown bench, symbolizing a cathedra or bishop's seat.