Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 1126, fol. 90r, 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

The Duenna gives a chaplet to Fair Welcoming.

Miniature description

Size:

302x217mm

Column miniature

Height: 10 lines

Material and colors:

Parchment

Gold leaf, blue, red, purple, white, brown, black, grey

Rubric:

Three lines visible above miniature: "Vela coment la vielle veult / Faire prendre a force a bel / Acuel le chapel."

Initial:

Three foliate initials: "B" with gold leaf extenders located below the image; a "C" and "O" are located on the right.

Frame:

Simple gold leaf exterior frame with gold leaf cornerpieces. Inner frame is pink with a white zigzag pattern with decorative details on both the top and bottom of the frame and a white wavy pattern on the left and right sides of the frame. Four gold leaf foliate extenders appear at the right side of the frame.

Background:

Blue background with a white and gold diaper pattern (checkerboard distribution surmounted by a diamond-shaped pattern).

Place of production of miniature:

Paris, France

Date of production of miniature:

1350-1360

Similarities with other images of the corpus:

The position of the allegories is similar to the following manuscripts: BNCF. Codice Laurenziano Acquisti e Doni 153, fol. 150; BGE. Ms. FR178, fol. 94v; BimUM. Ms. H245, fol. 80r; PML. Ms. 132, fol. 103v.

Secondary Sources:

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

Detailed description

Allegories:

The Duenna is on the left.

Fair Welcoming is on the right.

Clothing and other features:

1. Duenna

Grey robe with tight fitting sleeves, probably tied with a girdle
White wimple falling over the shoulders
Golden chaplet

2. Fair Welcoming

Brown robe with girdle
Blonde hair, braided

Gestures:

The Duenna is holding a chaplet, which she is giving to Fair Welcoming.Fair Welcoming's hands are both raised. His body is turned away from the Duenna. The gestures are a reference to Fair Welcoming's mistrust of the Duenna.