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![The Knight's Tale in Images](knyghtimage.gif)
Portraits of the Knight from Various Editions
![Ellesmere page](knightel2.jpg) The Knight's Tale from Ellesmere Manuscript Huntington Library. |
![Knight](knightellesmere2.jpg) The Knight's portrait from the Ellesmere Manuscript
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![Knight](knightcaxton2.jpg) The Knight's portrait from the Caxton Ed, c1485
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![Knight](knightpynson2.jpg) The Knight's portrait from the Pynson Ed, 1492
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![Knight](knightgodfrey2.jpg) The Knight's portrait from the Godfrey Ed, 1532
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![Knight](knightbonham2.jpg) The Knight's portrait from the Bonham Ed, 1542
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![Woodcut, 1561](kyngstonwight2.jpg) Woodcut of the Knight from the Kyngston/Wight edition, 1561. |
![Woodcut, 1561](knightislip2.jpg) Portrait of the Knight from the Islip "Workes", 1598. |
Images from a Manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida, c1465
![Palamon and Arcite see Emilia in the garden.](teseidamanuscript2.jpg) Manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida, c1465, by the
Master of the Hours of the Duke of Burgundy. |
![The Pleasure Garden](garden2.jpg) Palamon and Arcite see Emelye. From a manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida by the Master of the Hours of the Duke of Burgundy, c1465. |
![Detail of Emelye](emilia2.jpg) Emelye in the Garden.
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![Detail of Palamon & Arcite in Prison](palamonsmall.jpg) Palamon and Arcite in prison. Detail.
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![Theseus arrives in Athens with Hippolyta and her sister Emelye (Emilia).](knighttheseusathens2.jpg)
Theseus arrives in Athens
with Hippolyta and Emilia. Manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida, c1465. |
![Arcite Freed](knightarcite2.jpg) Arcite Freed from Prison. Manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida, c1465. |
![Emilia Hunting](knighthunt2.jpg) Emilia Hunting. From a MS of Boccaccio's Teseida by the Master of the Hours of the Duke of Burgundy, c1465. |
![Theseus presiding over the lists of Palamon and Arcite](knighttheseus2.jpg) Theseus presiding over the
lists of Palamon and Arcite.
Manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida, c1465. |
![Arcite, Emelye, and Palamon praying](knightstalepraying2.jpg) Arcite, Emelye, and Palamon
pray to their respective deities.
Manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida, c1465. |
![Arcite on his deathbed](arcitedying2.jpg) Arcite on his deathbed.
Manuscript of Boccaccio's Teseida, c1465. |
Images from the Kelmscott Chaucer, 1896
![Emelye](kelmscottemelye2.jpg) Emelye in the Garden. Illustration by Edward Burne-Jones from the Kelmscott Chaucer, 1896. |
![Palamon overhears Arcite in the Woods](knightpalamonarcite2.jpg) Palamon Overhears Arcite in the Woods. Illustration by Edward Burne-Jones from the Kelmscott Chaucer, 1896. |
![Palamon overhears Arcite in the Woods; full page](knightpalarc2.jpg) Full Page of the Same.
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![Palamon Praying to Venus](knightpalamonvenus2.jpg) Palamon praying to Venus. Illustration by Edward Burne-Jones from the Kelmscott Chaucer, 1896. |
![Emelye Praying to Diana](knightemiliadiana2.jpg) Emelye praying to Diana. Illustration by Edward Burne-Jones from the Kelmscott Chaucer, 1896. |
![Emelye Praying to Diana; full page](knightemelyepage2.jpg) Full Page of the Same.
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![Arcite Praying to Mars](knightarcitemars2.jpg) Arcite Praying to Mars. Illustration by Edward Burne-Jones from the Kelmscott Chaucer, 1896. |
![End of Knight's Tale: Palamon and Emelye at Arcite's tomb](knightstaleend2.jpg) The Ending of the Knight's Tale. Illustration by Edward Burne-Jones from the Kelmscott Chaucer, 1896. |
![End of Knight's Tale; full page](knightended2.jpg) Full Page of the Same.
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Miscellaneous Contextual Images
![tourney](tourney2.jpg) A Joust, 15th C. |
![Lists](lists2.jpg) A Tourney, c1470.
Chroniques d'Angleterre.
BnF MS. fr. 87, fol. 58v. |
![Lady Awarding Prize](boon2.jpg) Lady awarding a prize to the winner. René d'Anjou's
Livre des Tournois, c1488.
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![Combat of Roland and Ferragut.](duel2.jpg) Combat of Roland and Ferragut. Grandes Chroniques de France, 14th C.
The Bibliothèque Nationale de France. | ![Wheel of Fortune from Lydgate's 'Troy Book'](lydgatetroybook3.jpg) Wheel of Fortune, c1460.
From Lydgate's Troy Book. British Library. | ![Lady Fortune and her wheel](ladyfortune2.jpg)
Lady Fortune and Her Wheel.
from Boccaccio's
De Casibus Virorum Illustrium
MSS Hunter 371-372. vol. 1, f. 1r.
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