Items matching candles taken from La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (1910)

candles: A source of illumination made from a burning wick in wax.

Synonyms: a taper, or a candle-powered lamp

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Pictures and page images from La Vita Nuova (The New Life) by Dante Alighieri, translated by Gabriel Rossetti and illustrated by Evelyn Paul, with music by Alfred Mercer.

The book is undated, but it appears to have been produced some time between 1897 and 1920. Most booksellers say about 1910, so that is what I have used.

Gabriel Rossetti was a Pre-Raphaelite painter and a Romantic writer and poet.

The full text of this translation is online at The Rosetti Archive, although it isn’t exactly the same edition.

I have scanned some complete pages, some details, and also some borders.

There is an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Charles Dante Gabriel Rossetti and another for Dante Alighieri.

Evelyn Paul died in 1945, less than 70 years ago, but this book was published jointly in the UK and the US, before 1923, and hence is out of copyright.

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

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Added: 2005-12-20

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-12-20

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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