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Some images from The William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer, published originally by William Morris in 1896 at the Kelmscott Press in Hammersmith, London. I am scanning from the Omega press fac simile, which is not in colour (some of the original pages were in red and black), but I did not find good scans elsewhere online. The book was an important example of the Arts and Craft movement.
Title: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [William Morris, Kelmscott Press]
City: London
Date: 1896
Total items: 15
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Page 501: A Chaste Kiss -- Troilus and Criseyde Liber II]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/501-Troilus-and-Criseyde-III-the-kiss-q75-137x200.jpg "[picture: Page 501: A Chaste Kiss -- Troilus and Criseyde Liber II]")
Page 501: A Chaste Kiss – Troilus and Criseyde Liber II
From book two of Troilus and Criseyde, a 14th century poem written by Geoffrey Chaucer and here illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones and published in 1896 by William Morris. The picture shows Troilus, a Trojan prince, meeting with Criseyde, in a medieval bedroom. In the background [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Inner leafy border from page 483]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/483-Troilus-and-Criseyde-II-In-May-inner-border-q75-254x200.jpg "[picture: Inner leafy border from page 483]")
Inner leafy border from page 483
This is the leafy decorative border that surrounds the woodcut picture on page 483. There are flowers and leaves and I think a dandelion on the right. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Atrolabe: scientist and boy]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/397-astrolabe-illo-with-closest-border-251x200.jpg "[picture: Atrolabe: scientist and boy]")
This illustration, surrounded by a leafy border inspired by medieval and early printed books, shows a man holding a robe and with sixteenth-century or earlier style courtly footwear and hat, standing on the balcony of a castle at night, with a starry sky visible, holding up an astrolabe, while next to him stands a boy also wearing a long robe, and barefoot [...]Chalmers in his Biography doubts this. [more...] [$]
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![[picture: decorative letter ``I'']](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/483-Troilus-and-Criseyde-II-In-May-initial-cap-q85-200x200.jpg "[picture: decorative letter ``I'']")
![[picture: Leafy Border from page 501]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/501-Troilus-and-Criseyde-III-leafy-border-q90-267x200.jpg "[picture: Leafy Border from page 501]")
