Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 108
brought the tub of water out of thekitchen into the room where the masquers were diverting themselves, inorder to represent this part of the story, a kind of licence which was frequentlytaken by the painters who executed the illuminations of these old manuscripts.It will also be observed that he… … THE CANTERBURY Pn.GMMAGE, THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE. FINE manuscript of Lydgates Storie of Thebes,preserved in the British Museum (MS. Reg. 18 D.II.) has furnished the accompanying beautiful illus-tration of the prologue to the Canterbury Tales.The poet of Bury, as is well known, composed theStorie…
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