La Complainte de Nature à l'Alchimiste errant

This miniature is an illustration to a poem by Jean de Meung in the manuscript Complainte de la Nature à l’alchimiste errant by Pierre Sala. According to the dedication to Francis I, the poem has been translated from Latin from an ancient manuscript found in an old castle of Dauphine. The miniature was taken c. 1850 from the manuscript MS 3220 now in the Biblioth�que Sainte-Genevi�ve in Paris and it belongs to the collection of the Mus�e Marmottan Monet, Paris. The manuscript contains 44 sheets, Perr�al’s miniature was between the current folios 5 and 6.