Image of Add. 54180, f. 136v, Miniature with angels in pilgrim dress, by French School, (13th century)

Add. 54180, f. 136v, Miniature with angels in pilgrim dress, from 'La Somme le Roi'...

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Image title: Add. 54180, f. 136v, Miniature with angels in pilgrim dress, from 'La Somme le Roi' by Laurent d'Orléans, c.1295 (vellum)
Artist: French School, (13th century) / French
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: vellum
Date: c. 1295 AD (C13th AD)

Image description: The top left compartment: Mercy as a crowned female figure standing on a wolf devouring a lamb, holding a medallion of a hen and chicks and throwing her garment over a poor man, with an inscription above 'misericorde'. The top right compartment: Avarice as a man in rags transferring his gold coins from a coffer to a safe with a devil in front of him, inscribed above 'avarice'. The bottom left compartment: Lot receiving in his house two angels dressed as pilgrims, with an inscription below 'Loth qui recoit les angels'. The bottom right compartment: the widow pouring oil (miraculously multiplied by Elisha) into a vessel, with an inscription 'la bonne fame qui depart luile' ('Traite des vertus', Chapter 57).
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: France / Europe / manuscript / illustrated / illustration / French / illumination / angel / angels / pilgrim / pilgrims / oil / Widow / Lot / mercy / Somme le Roi

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