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Subject
Secular. Courtly love. Hunting scene.
Repository Institution
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Carpentras, Bibliothèque Inguimbertine
2012.0.164
Bone;metal;wood ('alla certosina' marquetry);fabric (inner lining)
Height: 75mm
Width: 135mm
Depth: 160 mm
Lid
Register 1: standing lady wearing a conical hennin; chalice-shaped altar with a vessel; youth holding a flute; sun.
Register 2: Courting couples (meeting of lovers); offering of a flower; tree surrounded by a woven fence; scroll wrapped around tree; lady holding a wreath (?).
Body, front
Two wild men fighting with clubs; shields.
End, right
Couples holding hands; men playing musical instruments; fountain decorated with lion or monster heads; men carrying torches.
Body, back
Hunting scene; arrows; archers; flying birds.
End, left
Courting couples (meeting of lovers); lady holding a scroll; youth man and woman on either side of a tent with a bed inside.
Crosshatched background; foliated borders.
Bottom: chequered pattern (chess board).
Museum's opinion 2012: French, 3rd quarter of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive polychromy and gilding: gold (border, sun, hair), green (tree, ground, border), brown (ground, vegetal border), red (lips), blue (flowers, clothing).
Reverse
Engraved on all sides.
Provenance
Collection of Casimir Barjavel: his bequest, 26 September 1868.
Image
© Bibliothèque Inguimbertine et Musées, Carpentras.
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