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This miniature shows the author dropping his heart into a marguerite flower symbolizing his mistress, Marguerite Builloud.

This miniature shows the author dropping his heart into a marguerite flower symbolizing his mistress, Marguerite Builloud.

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The image is unfinished, the painter having left the face to be filled in (presumably because did not have an opportunity to paint Sala's features from life). An actual portrait of Sala is found on [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_955_f017r fol. 17r].
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A portrait of Sala by Jean Perréal is found on [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_955_f017r fol. 17r].

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The painter left the face of Sala to be filled in by Perréal, but the miniature was left unfinished.

Immediate source: [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_955_f001r# bl.uk].

Immediate source: [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_955_f001r# bl.uk].

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