theoceanspectre: Historiated initial of Chaucer holding an open book, at the beginning of the prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Lansdowne 851 f. 2). Detail of Chaucer. From the Lansdowne manuscript of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. South
theoceanspectre: Historiated initial of Chaucer holding an open book, at the beginning of the prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Lansdowne 851 f. 2). Detail of Chaucer. From the Lansdowne manuscript of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. South