Virgil in the basket. His vengeance (G. de Machaut, Poems, Fr 1584, f167r)
Image series :
Notice précédente Notice n°3 sur 3
Date :
Entre 1372 et 1377
Type of image :
Enluminure
Storage Location :
French 1584
Description
On the left, Virgil, trapped by the daughter of the Emperor of Rome, is stuck in a basket hanging from his window for all the Romans to see. On the right, the Romans, deprived of fire in their homes by the furious Virgil, must fetch it from the damsel's ass.
History :
2. Folio 167 recto.
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Technical Data
Notice #024997
Image editing :
Image web
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Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France