The Parson's Treatise and the Pictorial Cycle of Vices and Virtues in Cambridge University Library MS Gg.4.27.
- Author / Editor
- Gellert, Anamaria Ramona.
The Parson's Treatise and the Pictorial Cycle of Vices and Virtues in Cambridge University Library MS Gg.4.27.
- Published
- Journal of the Early Book Society 23 (2020): 101-39; 7 b&w illus.
- Description
- Discusses the Virtues and Vices miniatures that accompany ParsT in Cambridge University Library, MS Gg.4.27, as they relate to Chaucer's text, in the "context ofmtheir wider medieval iconographic tradition" and the "imagery of affective meditation." Comments on the effects of the mutilation of the manuscript, its interplay of text and image, and individual iconographic details,arguing generally that the images increase the effectiveness of the text as a tool of meditation.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale
Manuscripts and Textual Studies