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delightful book is a collection of exotic texts, including the Alexander Romance and Marco Polo. The various parts were illustrated at different times, by different hands; the pictures here are all from the Alexander Romance and were likely done around 1360 to 1380.
I love the little figures strewn across the bottoms of many pages.
I guess these are Harpies?
No idea which story this is supposed to be.
Have you ever seen such a delightful drawing of a man being drawn and quartered?
Daily life.
And everyone's favorite theme, a naked man pushing a bunch of nuns in a wheelbarrow. What?
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ReplyDeleteTranslation (from Old/Middle French):
Here is a clear transcription and modern English translation:
Original (transcribed):
A La trouva molt douce et boine por mengier
B Et quant parole et dit au messagier
C Ceste chose est molt simple et molt fait a proisierModern English Translation:
A He found it very sweet and good to eat
B And when he speaks and says to the messenger
C This thing is very simple and very praiseworthy / excellentMore natural rendering:"He found it very sweet and good to eat.
And then he speaks, saying to the messenger:
'This thing is very simple and most praiseworthy.'"