{"id":742,"date":"2019-03-28T15:41:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T15:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/epcc-britlit1\/?post_type=chapter&p=742"},"modified":"2019-08-17T03:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T03:32:52","slug":"general-prologue-from-wikisource","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/epcc-britlit1\/chapter\/general-prologue-from-wikisource\/","title":{"raw":"Geoffrey Chaucer -- Portrait","rendered":"Geoffrey Chaucer — Portrait"},"content":{"raw":"
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER\r\nABOUT 1340-1400<\/small><\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
Nicholas\u2019s\u00a0Life of Chaucer<\/i>.<\/div>\r\n\u201cThe<\/span> affection of Occleve\u201d (his contemporary and dear friend<\/i>) \u201chas made Chaucer\u2019s person better known than that of any individual of his age. The portrait of which an engraving illustrates this memoir, is taken from Occleve\u2019s painting already mentioned in the Harleian MS. 4866, which he says was painted from memory after Chaucer\u2019s decease, and which is apparently the only genuine portrait in existence. The figure, which is half-length, has a background of green tapestry. He is represented with gray hair and beard, which is bi-forked; he wears a dark-coloured dress and hood, his right hand is extended, and in his left he holds a string of beads. From his vest a black case is suspended, which appears to<\/a><\/span>\u00a0contain a knife, or possibly a \u2018penner\u2019<\/a>or pencase. The expression of the countenance is intelligent, but the fire of the eye seems quenched, and evident marks of advanced age appear on the countenance. This is incomparably the best portrait of Chaucer yet discovered.\u201d\r\n
Nicholas\u2019s\u00a0Life of Chaucer<\/i>.<\/div>\r\n\u201cThere is a third portrait in a copy of the Canterbury Tales<\/i> made about the reign of King Henry the Fifth, being within twenty years of the poet\u2019s death, in the Lansdowne MS. 851. The figure, which is a small full-length, is placed in the initial letter of the volume. He is dressed in a long gray gown, with red stockings, and black shoes fastened with black sandals round the ankles. His head is bare, and the hair closely cut. In his right hand he holds an open book; and a knife or pencase, as in the other portraits, is attached to his vest.\u201d\r\n
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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Nicholas\u2019s\u00a0Life of Chaucer<\/i>.<\/div>\n

\u201cThe<\/span> affection of Occleve\u201d (his contemporary and dear friend<\/i>) \u201chas made Chaucer\u2019s person better known than that of any individual of his age. The portrait of which an engraving illustrates this memoir, is taken from Occleve\u2019s painting already mentioned in the Harleian MS. 4866, which he says was painted from memory after Chaucer\u2019s decease, and which is apparently the only genuine portrait in existence. The figure, which is half-length, has a background of green tapestry. He is represented with gray hair and beard, which is bi-forked; he wears a dark-coloured dress and hood, his right hand is extended, and in his left he holds a string of beads. From his vest a black case is suspended, which appears to<\/a><\/span>\u00a0contain a knife, or possibly a \u2018penner\u2019<\/a>or pencase. The expression of the countenance is intelligent, but the fire of the eye seems quenched, and evident marks of advanced age appear on the countenance. This is incomparably the best portrait of Chaucer yet discovered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicholas\u2019s\u00a0Life of Chaucer<\/i>.<\/div>\n

\u201cThere is a third portrait in a copy of the Canterbury Tales<\/i> made about the reign of King Henry the Fifth, being within twenty years of the poet\u2019s death, in the Lansdowne MS. 851. The figure, which is a small full-length, is placed in the initial letter of the volume. He is dressed in a long gray gown, with red stockings, and black shoes fastened with black sandals round the ankles. His head is bare, and the hair closely cut. In his right hand he holds an open book; and a knife or pencase, as in the other portraits, is attached to his vest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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