Wheel of Fortune from BL Royal 19 A IV, f. 13v
Summary
Detail of a miniature of the Wheel of Fortune, at the beginning of book 2 of the De Consolatione Philosophiae. Image taken from f. 13v of De Consolatione Philosophiae (Roman de Fortune et de Félicité; index Consolation of Philosophy); Le testament; Le traitie de parler et de taire. Written in French.
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