Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 1126, fol. 66r, 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.

Scene depicted

Jealous husband beats his wife.

Miniature description

Size:

Column picture.

Height: 10 lines

Material and colors:

Parchment

Gray, blue, red, black, yellow, green, gold leaf

Initial:

Decorated foliate initial “L” on gilded background. Foliate in red with white ink detail. Stem in blue with white ink detail. Initial is pink with white ink detail. Extender from ‘L’ forms a border around the entire text. Foliate extenders surround the entire border. Foliate is red, blue and gold.

Rubric:

Five line rubric at the bottom of the left column. Reads: “Vela comment le jalous bat / Sa fame et tiront les cheveux / Et desire et la trame partout / Lostel tant que les voisins li / Ostent a grant paine”

Frame:

Gilded outer frame with blue inner border with white zigzag details.

Background:

Diaper pattern background. Square grid with alternating blue and red squares with white detail.

Place of production of miniature:

France

Date of production of miniature:

1350-1360

Detailed description

Allegories:

Wife on left

Jealous husband on right

Clothing:

1. Wife:

Floor-length gray gown

2. Husband:

Blue knee-length courtepy
gray chaperon
black girdle
Red hose
Black pouleines

Gestures:

Husband's right hand is raised over his head in a fist, ready to strike his wife. His left hand is grasping her hair. His wife is crouched on the ground, her hands raised in submission.