Medieval manuscript of the week is a memento mori, a full-page miniature from British Library MS Ege
Medieval manuscript of the week is a memento mori, a full-page miniature from British Library MS Egerton 1070, the Hours of René d'Anjou' As we approach all hallows (aka halloween), this is macabre and appropriate. A page like this, a memento mori, reminds the owner of this manuscript of their own mortality. The depiction, of a rotting corpse wearing a crown, and clutching a scroll that unfolds to remind the reader that one day they too will return to dust. The illustration reminds the reader to be devout in their faith, and in their good deeds, because one day they would be judged.Image source: British Library, image in the public domain. -- source link
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