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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1345-1400). English poet. Coloured full figure portrait.
Date circa 1478
date QS:P571,+1478-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q23308
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167.c.26, frontispiece
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Image taken from Begin. [fol. 2 recto:] wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote And the droughte of marche hath :cid y:e rote, etc. [fol. 373 recto:] Explicit Tractatus Galfrydi Chaucer de Penitencia vt dicitur pro fabula Rectoris. End. [fol. 373 verso:] nOw pray I to hem alle that herkene this litil tretyse Per omnia secula seculo: Amen. B.L. This image has been added to the Caxton edition and dates to the eighteenth century.

Originally published/produced in [Westminster: William Caxton], 1478?.

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