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#Repost @_medievalart • • • • • • The goddess Fortune and her wheel, as depicted in a manuscript copy of Evrart de Conty's 'Livre des échecs amoureux moralisée' made in Angoulême in France in the fifteenth century and now in Paris's BnF (MS Français 143, f. 7). Fortune originated as the classical deity (Tyche to the Greeks) of luck. Her wheel or ball symbolised her own inherent instability. The wheel of Fortune was a popular motif in medieval art and literature, and by the late Middle Ages was widely deployed in moralising allegorical works such as Conty's. Here she is shown as an enthroned queen complete with sceptre and crown. With her right hand she turns the crank of her wheel, a reminder of the mutability of material goods and worldly fame. ⁠⠀ •⁠⠀ •⁠⠀ •⁠⠀ #godsandgoddesses #goddess #goddesses #deity #fortune #fortuna #wheel #wheeloffortune #fortuneswheel #mansucript #medievalmanuscript #manuscriptillumination #illuminatedmanuscript #bnf #paris #medievalfrance #fifteenthcentury #france #tyche #middleages #moyenage #mittelalter #medioevo #edadmedia #medievalworld #medievaltimes #medievalhistory #medievalart #medieval #art https://www.instagram.com/p/B1wOA69JC26/?igshid=19w05kx868uj