MINIATURIST, French
(active c. 1270)

The Count of Méliacin by Girardin d'Amiens

c. 1260
Manuscript (Ms. français 1633)
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

The codex narrates a tale about the son of the king of Armenia who travels around the world on a wooden horse to find the beautiful Celinda. The miniature on folio 4 depicts a scene when the Queen and the King receive the main character wearing a monk's garment and presenting a magic sculpture as a gift.