Roman de la Rose (BL Yates Thompson MS 21)

Dance in the Garden of Desire, f. 8v.

Colloquial name(s): Roman de la Rose

Official name(s): British Library, Yates Thompson MS 21

Date: c. 1380 (source)

Origin: Paris, central France (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

This copy of Le Roman de la Rose is illustrated with 25 small one-column miniatures in grisaille (source). The illustrations show high-fashion typical of this date but also, in the illustrations of the negative allegories, images of lower class clothing.

Basic descriptions of the illustrations are provided by the British Library with the facsimile.