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[Confessio amantis].
1400-1425
Gower's poem using the confression of an ageing lover to a chaplain of Venus as a frame story for a collection of shorter narrative poems.
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Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
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- Author
- Gower, John, 1325?-1408
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Taylor MS. 5.
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Christian poetry, English (Middle)
- Love poetry, English (Middle)
- Christian ethics—Poetry—Early works to 1800
- Courtly love—Poetry—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, English (Middle)—New Jersey—Princeton
- Poetry
- illuminated manuscripts
- historiated initials
- decorated initials
- Parchment (Paper)
- Headbands
- Gold tooled bindings
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