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Manuscript Images from Bodleian MS Douce 104:
"C-text" of William Langland's Piers Plowman, 1427




Lady Mede.
MS Douce 104 fol. 8r.

Liar.
MS Douce 104 fol. 9r.

Lady Mede & Sheriff.
MS Douce 104 fol. 10r.

Lady Mede at Westminster.
MS Douce 104 fol. 11r.

Lady Mede Absolved.
MS Douce 104 fol. 11v.

Conscience.
MS Douce 104 fol. 15r.

The King Enthroned.
MS Douce 104 fol. 18r.

Reason.
MS Douce 104 fol. 19r.

Tom Stowe.
MS Douce 104 fol. 23r.

Pride, as a Jester.
MS Douce 104 fol. 23v-24r.

Envy.
MS Douce 104 fol. 25r.

Wrath.
MS Douce 104 fol. 26r.

Lechery.
MS Douce 104 fol. 26v.

Covetousness.
MS Douce 104 fol. 27r.

Gluttony.
MS Douce 104 fol. 29r.

Sloth.
MS Douce 104 fol. 31r.

Pilgrim.
MS Douce 104 fol. 33r.

Castle of Truth.
MS Douce 104 fol. 34r.

Pilgrim.
MS Douce 104 fol. 35r.

Figure carrying birds.
MS Douce 104 fol. 37r.

Hunger.
MS Douce 104 fol. 38r.

Laborer with spade.
MS Douce 104 fol. 39r.

Lawyer.
MS Douce 104 fol. 41r.

Lunatic.
MS Douce 104 fol. 42r.

Blind man.
MS Douce 104 fol. 43r.

False Friar & Bishop.
MS Douce 104 fol. 44r.

Priest with Pardon.
MS Douce 104 fol. 44v.

Fransciscan Friar.
MS Douce 104 fol. 46r.

Do-Better Preaching.
MS Douce 104 fol. 47r.

Figure in green.
MS Douce 104 fol. 48v.

Poor man.
MS Douce 104 fol. 51r.

Schoolmaster birching boy.
MS Douce 104 fol. 52r.

St. Augustine Writing.
MS Douce 104 fol. 52v.

Fortune & Recklessness.
MS Douce 104 fol. 53r.

Old Age.
MS Douce 104 fol. 55r.

Emperor Trajan.
MS Douce 104 fol. 56r.

Imagination.
MS Douce 104 fol. 63r.

Penitent Thief.
MS Douce 104 fol. 65r.

False Friar.
MS Douce 104 fol. 67v.

Activa-vita.
MS Douce 104 fol. 69r.

Patience.
MS Douce 104 fol. 70r.

Death.
MS Douce 104 fol. 71r.

Poor man begging.
MS Douce 104 fol. 72r.

Freewill.
MS Douce 104 fol. 74r.

Hanged Man.
MS Douce 104 fol. 79r.

High Priest Caiaphas.
MS Douce 104 fol. 101r.

Merchant with coins.
MS Douce 104 fol. 102v.

A tonsured vicar.
MS Douce 104 fol. 105r.

Bearded figure.
MS Douce 104 fol. 107r.

Two-tongued Tom.
MS Douce 104 fol. 109r.

A proud priest.
MS Douce 104 fol. 109v.

Flattery.
MS Douce 104 fol. 111v.





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