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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: Troilus and Criseyde Exchange tokens]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/483-Troilus-and-Criseyde-II-In-May-picture-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: Troilus and Criseyde Exchange tokens]")
Troilus and Criseyde Exchange tokens
This woodcut is from page 483; Troilus and Criseyde, a young man and a young woman respectively, are shown on either side of a hexagonal table; there are plates of fruit and a flagon of drink. [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Page 483: Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 page image]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/483-Troilus-and-Criseyde-II-In-May-q75-135x200.jpg "[picture: Page 483: Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 page image]")
Page 483: Troilus and Criseyde, Book 2 page image
Troilus and Criseyde are shown on either side of a hexagonal table; there are plates of fruit and a flagon of drink. There is grass on the floor, suggesting a courtyard. This [...]Troilus and Criseyde. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Page 501: the vine-leaf page border]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/501-Troilus-and-Criseyde-III-the-kiss-outer-q75-138x200.jpg "[picture: Page 501: the vine-leaf page border]")
Page 501: the vine-leaf page border
A vine-leaf border with grapes; it is from a right-hand page 9a recto), page 501. If you use it for a left-hand page you should flip it so that the thicker side is towards the edge of the page. It’s fine as-is for a single page or a Web page (although if you are writing in Arabic or Hebrew or [...] [more...] [$]
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![[picture: Leafy Border from page 483]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/wm/big/483-Troilus-and-Criseyde-II-In-May-outer-border-q75-135x200.jpg "[picture: Leafy Border from page 483]")
![[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'']")
