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Walled garden of Sir Mirth, from 'Le Roman de le Rose, c.1400 (vellum)

Walled garden of Sir Mirth, from 'Le Roman de le Rose, c.1400 (vellum)
15th-century
sadness
feeling
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illumination-(manuscript)
fountain
bed
furniture
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written-language
sadness
young
lady
initial
ruling-class
idleness
social-role
architectural-element
text
open-space
sorrow
gentlemen
narcissus
social-class
class-system
avarice
15th-century
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illumination-(manuscript)
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sorrow
gentlemen
narcissus
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Walled garden of Sir Mirth, from 'Le Roman de le Rose, c.1400 (vellum)

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French School, (15th century) / French

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c. 1400 AD (C14th AD)

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Le Roman de la Rose Author: Meun, Jean de; Lorris, Guillaume de / France; circa 1400 Language: French Source/Shelfmark: Egerton 1069, f.1 [Whole folio] The author is invited into the walled garden of Sir Mirth, containing the fountain of Narcissus, by a beautiful young lady called Idleness. On the walls are representations of Covetousness, Avarice, Envy, and Sorrow, alluding to the unpleasant reality of the outside world. Below, a figure asleep in bed.Text beginning with decorated initial 'M'. Decorated borders Image taken from Le Roman de la Rose. Originally published/produced in France; circa 1400.

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