Friday 24 February 2017

Roman de la Rose (BL Royal MS 20 A XVII)

'La karole damours', f. 9r.
Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose
Official name(s): British Library, Royal MS 20 A XVII

Date: c. 1340-50 (source)
Origin: Artois or Picardy, N. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

This copy of Le Roman de la Rose contains 43 one-column miniatures in colours and gold, one with a partial bar border (source). At the end of the manuscript is Thomas de Bailleul's La Bataille d'Annezin, which is illustrated with one two-column miniature (source).

Descriptions of the illustrations are provided by the British Library with the facsimile.

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