'Abit ne makith neither monk ne frere': Text and Pictorial Paratext in the 'Prioress's Tale'

Author / Editor
Gellert, Anamaria.

Title
'Abit ne makith neither monk ne frere': Text and Pictorial Paratext in the 'Prioress's Tale'

Published
Textus: English Studies in Italy 22.3 (2009): 573-98.

Description
Examines the Ellesmere illustration of the Prioress and early woodcut representations (Caxton, de Worde, and Pynson) of her and of the gathering of the pilgrims, arguing that the Prioress is represented as a courtly lady in Caxton's group portrait rather than, as in the other portraits, an unequivocally holy nun. Includes five b&w illustrations.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale
Manuscripts and Textual Studies
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations