MINIATURIST, French
(active 1450s in Paris)

Heinrich Suso: Little Book of Eternal Wisdom

1455-60
Manuscript (Ms. IV. 111), 370 x 255 mm (folio size)
Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels

The miniature on folio 38v shows a scene of temptation. A banquet held by the devil in an inn focuses on the two things that are allegedly closest to the heart: wine and song.




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