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January

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JanuaryThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

January from The Shepheardes Calendar. The shepherd’s boy, Colin Cloute, is shown with a staff (properly called a crook). We also see a distant town with the spires of a cathedral or of churches, and [...]

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Added: 2006-02-08

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January: page image

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January: page imageThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

The page containing the heading for January; I have also scanned the woodcut for January separately.

Keywords: colour, page images, typography, january, people, sheep, zodiac, trees

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A Shepherd Boy (page image)

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A Shepherd Boy (page image)The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

The start of the first Æglogue (page 11), showing the decorative initial and the page layout.

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February

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FebruaryThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

February from The Shepheardes Calendar. An old shepherd, Thenot, speaks to a shepherd boy called Cuddie. We see the zodiac symbols for Pisces (the fish) in the sky.

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March

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MarchThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

March from The Shepheardes Calendar. Two shepherd’s boys begin to “make purpos of love and other plesaunce, which to springtime is most agreeable.” We see the two boys standing talking, and also Cupid [...]

Keywords: colour, calendars, months, march, people, cherubs, zodiac

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April

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AprilThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

April from The Shepheardes Calendar, or, as Spenser wrote it, Aprill. This Æglogue was written to honour Queen Elizabeth I. There are two shepherds, Hobbinoll and Thenott; we met Hobbinoll earlier, wh [...]

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May

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MayThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

May from The Shepheardes Calendar, showing two shepherds, Piers and Palinodie, represented as as a Protestant and a Catholic minister. In the sky we see the zodiac sign for Gemini, together with the t [...]

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Roundel with roses and thorns

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Roundel with roses and thornsThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

This roundel, or circular wreath illustration, was made as a typographical decoration for the end of one of Spenser’s sonnets. It features flowers with red petals, although the leaves and stems were p [...]

Keywords: decoration, ornaments, wreaths, flowers, leaves, frames, tailpieces, roundels, colour

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Added: 2015-02-01

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Roundel with stylized blue flowers

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Roundel with stylized blue flowersThe Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume I (1930)

This roundel, or circular wreath illustration, was made as a typographical decoration for the end of one of Spenser’s sonnets. It features flowers with blue petals, perhaps meant to be forget-me-not. [...]

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Added: 2015-03-04

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