Abstract
Encompassing one of the richest programmes of illumination in a customary law code, the manuscript Vidal Mayor is a thirteenth-century compilation of Aragonese law. Its illumination programme, which includes numerous court scenes, is a perfect laboratory for a serial analysis. This essay explains the structure of the image space and its function. It also analyses the represen tation of the miniatures' main characters: the providers of justice.
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