EditorialPlea for the Court of Poverty against Avarice, Print upper right: fol: 135, court session, Poverty, 'Povert?', 'Povert? del doni', 'Povert? in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (Ripa), Covetousness, 'Avaritia' (Ripa), personification of one of the Seven Dead...
EditorialOld woman as a personification of Avarity counts money Avaritia (title on object), Old woman as a personification of Avarice sits at the table by candlelight and counts her money and other resources. In the bottom margin fresh in two lines, Covetousnes...
EditorialWalled garden of Sir Mirth. Le Roman de la Rose. France; circa 1400. [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 representati...
EditorialDetail of a miniature of Convoitise (Covetousness) and Largesse (Generosity) entering the castle. Roman de la Rose. Netherlands, S. (Bruges). c. 1490-c. 1500. Source: Harley 4425 f.111. Language: French.
EditorialA Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto]. Dated: 1512/1514. Dimensions: overall: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper.
EditorialA Courtier Standing Between Covetousness and Dissimulation [fol. 14 recto]. Dated: 1512/1514. Dimensions: overall: 16.3 x 10.7 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper.