Items by Paul,Evelyn (results page 1)

37.—Writing My Master’s Words La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The poet sits at a writing desk let by a candle. The image is printed in black and gold. “I resolved that I would make a ditty, before I left my chamber, according to the words my master had spoken.” [...]

Keywords: scholars, pictures of books, candles, colour, christmas

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Added: 2005-12-20

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37.—Writing My Master’s Words (detail) La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The central part of the picture on page 37 showing the mediaeval scholar writing a manuscript at his desk with his quill pen (a feather trimmed, slitted and used for writing) in his hand.

Keywords: scholars, pictures of books, candles, mediaeval, christmas, greyscale

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Added: 2005-12-20

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Untitled image, Mediaeval tower La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

Untitled image; a man (the protagonist) sits outside a mediæval castle tower. He wears red boots and a long robe, a medieval scholar’s dress perhaps, and in the background a lady spares him a glance. [...]

Keywords: towers, people, scholars, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-21

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Osanna in Excelsis La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The phrase, Osanna in Excelsis (moer commonly written in English, Hosanna in Excelsis) in the form of a giant “E” with a decorative initial letter “O” containing angels, and a smaller E-within-the-e i [...]

Keywords: christmas, initials, angels, lettering, calligraphy, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-12-20

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103. Sonnet Introduction Page La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

Full page image. In the decoration, the angel, presumably representing love, is beckoning towards the writer. The text reads as follows: This sonnet has many parts: whereof the first tells how I felt [...]

Keywords: colour, page images, angels

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-13

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Sonnet Introduction Border La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The border and decoration from page 103. An angel, wearing a toga, but with bare feet and bare-legged, beckons to the writer, depicted as a monk with a robe and medieval pointed shoes. I included fai [...]

Keywords: monks, angels, robes, borders, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-13

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115. Love Hath So Long Possessed Me La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

Full page image showing the sonnet and also the decoration. I have scanned the angel separately, as the next image. Love hath so long possess’d me for his own And made his lordship so familiar That he [...]

Keywords: page images, colour, angels, christmas

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-13

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Angel from page 115 La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

The angel from page 115. The angel carries a music book (I think, or possibly a harp), and kneels with hands clasped as if in prayer. He wears a white robe and has golden wings. I cut out this detail [...]

Keywords: angels, christmas, colour, religion

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-11-13

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51.—Serving at a Banquet La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

Two men, servants, wearing mediæval outfits with hose (tights) and hats, proceed presumably to a banquet, one with a flask and one with a pie. Overhead, cherubs play musical instruments. In the backgr [...]

Keywords: people, mediaeval, castles, battlements, food, servants people, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-12-25

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Two cherubs play flute and violin La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

A detail from Fig. 51, two winged cherubs sit playing musical instruments, one a twin pipe and the other a bowed instrument like an early violin.

Keywords: music, cherubs, bare feet, nudity, romance, christmas, musical instruments, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-12-25

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Cherub with Triangle La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

A detail from Fig. 51, a winged cherubs sits playing a musical instrument, a triangle. He is naked, and his eyes glance to one side. He has a curl of hair.

Keywords: music, cherubs, bare feet, nudity, romance, christmas, musical instruments, angels, mythical creatures, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-12-25

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Servant with Food La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

A young man wearing hose, a doublet and a helmet or tall hat is carrying a plate, perhaps with a pie or even a roast chicken. He is gong to serve at a mediæval banquet.

This is a detail from Fig. 51.

Keywords: people, food, servants, costumes, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-12-25

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