Size:
328x233mm
Column miniature
Height: 10 lines
Materials and colours:
Parchment
Red, green, brown, yellow, white, grey
Initials:
Undecorated blue initial "M"
Rubric:
Near bottom of folio: "Nature parle"; "Genius parle"
Frame:
Simple gold leaf exterior frame, with thin red inner border on the left, top, and right sides.
Landscape:
Long light green grass with dark green background, starting at the bottom and covering two-thirds of the miniature. At the top of the grass there are two trees, one on the far left and one on the far right. The tree on the left has seven branches and the tree on the right has six branches; both trees have yellow flowers.
Behind the trees and above the grass is a dark background, covered with yellow flowers and small red and white garden pattern (similar to filigree designs).
Placement of miniature:
Directly before priest's response
Place of Production of the Miniature:
France
Date of Production of the Miniature:
1301-1400
Similarities to other images from the corpus:
Gestures:
Genius and Lady Nature are creating the same submissive and blessing positions: PML, Ms. 132, fol. 121v; BNFC, fol 200v
Composition:
Similar dress with Nature and Genius. Genius is wearing the same head covering: PML, Ms. 132, fol. 121v; BNFC, fol 200v
Secondary sources:
Langlois, Ernest. Les manuscrits du Roman de la Rose. Description et classement. Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, 1974, p. 150-151.
(According to Ernest Langlois the date is either the very end of the XIVth or the beginning of the XVth century)
