The Knight's Tale in Images

The Knight's Tale
Page from the
Ellesmere Manuscript
Huntington Library.

The Knight from
the Ellesmere
Manuscript

Woodcut from the
Kyngston/Wight
edition, 1561.

Emelye in the Garden.
Illustration by Burne-Jones
from an 1896 edition.

Palamon and Arcite see
Emelye in the garden.
From a manuscript of
Boccaccio's Il Teseide
by the Master of the Hours
of the Duke of Burgundy,c. 1465.

Emelye,
Detail.

Palamon
and Arcite
in prison,
Detail.

A Joust, 15th C.

Lady awarding a
prize to the winner.
By René d'Anjou.

Combat of Roland
and Ferragut.
Grandes Chroniques
de France, 14th C.
The Bibliothèque
Nationale de France.

Wheel of Fortune.British Library.

Lady Fortune
and Her Wheel.

Jousts of London.
Jean Froissart,
Chronicles. 15th C.
The Bibliothèque
Nationale de France.

Jousts of Betanzos.
Jean Froissart,
Chronicles. 15th C.
The Bibliothèque
Nationale de France.

Jousts of Bordeaux.
Jean Froissart,
Chronicles. 15th C.
The Bibliothèque
Nationale de France.

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