The Queen of Fortune wields the wheel of fortune, while two male figures (Holy Text and Scripture) a
The Queen of Fortune wields the wheel of fortune, while two male figures (Holy Text and Scripture) and two female figures (Gloss and Moralization) assist various personages in rising before their inevitable fall. Illustration from John Lydgate’s Siege of Troy; unknown English artist, mid-15th century. Now in the University Library of the University of Manchester, England. -- source link
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