Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Selden supra 57, 64r, 1348 | MARGOT

Detailed manuscript information (based on Ernest Langlois, Les manuscrits du Roman de la rose. Description et classement, Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1974, p. 158 and early manuscripts at Oxford University.

Parchment, measure: 239x172mm, 165 fols, two columns at 38 lines. Beginning of second folio: Pour oïr des oisiaus les sons. The manuscript contains the Roman de la rose on fols 1r-153r and the Testament on fols 154r-170v. The Testament is incomplete at the beginning.

Scene depicted

The Jealous husband beats his wife.

Miniature description

Size:

Column picture.

Height: 11 lines.

Material and colors:

Parchment

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

Initial:

Decorated gilded initial “L” on blue and red background with white ink detail. Foliate (one leaf) extends from the top of the initial.

Rubric:

Above miniature (2 lines). Reads: “Co[m]ment le jalous en ragie bat sa fame / Et la mescroit espoir sanz reson”

Frame:

Gilded outer frame with red and white inner borders, with gilded foliate extending from the left and right sides of the miniature.

Background:

Diaper pattern background. Square grid is composed of 2 thin gilded lines over blue background with red and light blue details creating a star pattern.

Place of production of miniature:

France.

Date of production of miniature:

1348.

Similarities with other images from the corpus:

The Jealous Husband's face is also scratched out in WAM, Ms. W. 143, fol. 62v and BNF, Ms. Fr. 12595, fol. 69v.

Detailed description

Allegories:

Jealous husband on left

Wife on right

Clothing:

1. Jealous husband:

Brown chaperon
Grey knee-length surcote
White hose
Calf-length brown brodequins

2.Wife:

Red floor-length gown
Black pouleines

Gestures:

*Jealous husband's face is scratched out.

Jealous husband holds the woman's hair with his left hand, while raising a club with his right ready to strike.

The wife raises hands as if trying to protect herself.

Objects:

Club

Landscape:

Grass ground

Ex-libris

On a flyleaf page: John Betts His Books. 1606.
Fol. 1r: 21° Sauvage Arundell 1611.