Framing the Canterbury Pilgrims for the Aristocratic Readers of the Ellesmere Manuscript
- Author / Editor
- Hilmo, Maidie.
Framing the Canterbury Pilgrims for the Aristocratic Readers of the Ellesmere Manuscript
- Published
- Kathryn Kerby-Fulton and Maidie Hilmo, eds. The Medieval Professional Reader at Work: Evidence from Manuscripts of Chaucer, Langland, Kempe, and Gower (Victoria, British Columbia: U of Victoria, 2001), pp. 14-71.
- Description
- The Ellesmere miniatures are evidence of the process of text production--the shaping and preparation of the manuscript for aristocratic viewing--and a visual guide to the reading process. The illustrations foster the aristocracy's sense of superiority and provide evidence for surmising the possible patron of the manuscript.
- Alternative Title
- The Medieval Professional Reader at Work: Evidence from Manuscripts of Chaucer, Langland, Kempe, and Gower.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Manuscripts and Textual Studies.
- Canterbury Tales--General.
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.