The Roman de Fauvel is a French poem in verse, written in the 14th
century by various authors, among them the cleric Gervais du Bus.
It has survived in no more than 15 manuscripts. With the metaphor
of a donkey that becomes its owner’s lord, the poem presents a
critique of the corruption of the church and of the political
system. The manuscript is written in a bastarda script; the
decoration remains incomplete.
Rights
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
