This illustration is from a 14th-century manuscript of the poem, Roman de la Rose, written by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun in the 13th century. The medieval poem was greatly inspired by ancient Roman poet, Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE), and the myth that the manuscript illustration tells comes directly from Ovid’s encyclopedic masterpiece, … Continue reading Pygmalion From A 14th-Century Manuscript