Brunetto Latini’s Li Livres dou Tresor, c 1315-1325
No one knows what, exactly, the scenes really mean. The British Library says that the scene could represent the Resurrection, or it could be a stand in for the Lombards, a group vilified in the early middle ages for treasonous behaviour, the sin of usury, and non-chivalrous comportment in general.
The valiant snails could be a commentary on social oppression, or it could just be medieval humor.
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