Chauser knight from prologue
Summary
Woodcut from 15th century. From General Prologue page of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The text reads (approximately): And at a knyght than wol I first bigynne. A knyght ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the tyme that he first bigan
As woodcuts were expensive, the same image was reused to illustrate Knight's Tale in an edition printed by Richard Pynson in London, 1492. Scans from University of Glasgow.
Date
1400 - 1500
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright info
public domain