Size:
Column picture.
Height: 10 lines.
Material and colors:
Parchment
Pink, red, blue, gray, black, gold leaf
Initial:
Decorated foliate initial “A” with gilded background. Foliate in white and red ink. Letter decorated in white and red ink.
Rubric:
Two Rubrics. The first appears 20 lines above miniature and reads : "Ci parle lament de raison". The second takes up the 2 lines above the miniature and reads : "Ci descript Raison a lament la diffinitive de la / descript[i]on damour”.
Frame:
Miniature: Gilded outer frame with red (left and right) and blue (top and bottom) inner borders. White ink detail on inner red and blue borders.
Text: a gilded border with foliate with golden leaves surrounds both columns of text.
Background:
Diaper pattern background. Diagonal grid. Alternating gilt lozenges with blue lozenges with white details.
Placement of Miniature:
Placement of miniature differs from other manuscripts in corpus, but is close to placement in BRB, Ms. 4782. After line 157, folio 37va (see roman site). Lover asks reason to clarify herself and define love for him.
Place of production of miniature:
Paris, France (?)
Date of production of miniature:
1350-1360.
Similarities with other images of the corpus:
Lady Reason matches gesture depicted in all three miniatures from BNF, Ms. Fr. 12595 as well as gestures in PML, Ms.M. 324, ÖNB, Codex 2592 BMC, Ms. 207, KBR, Ms. 4782
The Lover matches gesture depicted in BNF, Ms. Fr. 380.
Detailed manuscript information (based on Ernest Langlois, Les manuscrits du Roman de la rose. Description et classement, Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1974, p. 85).
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