Thursday 29 October 2015

Las Leyes d'Amors (Bibliothèque Muncipale de Toulouse, MS 2883)

Man at prayer to an effigy of the Virgin and Child, f. 2r.

Colloquial name(s): Las Leyes d'Amors
Official name(s): Bibliothèque Muncipale de Toulouse, MS 2883

Date: 1356, stated in the text (source, second source)
Origin: Toulouse, S.W. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Rosalis - Bibliothèque Numérique de Toulouse (full facsimile, but fairly low-resolution) and Bibliothèque Virtuelle des Manuscrits Médiévaux (somewhat better resolution)

Las Leyes d'Amors consists of troubadours songs in Occitan, originating from the Academy of Floral Games (Toulouse). It contains multiple illuminated historiated initials and illuminations.

A list of the folios containing illustrations will be added here in due course.

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