Caxton's Canterbury Tales
October 29, 2003 6:27 PM Subscribe
Early eBook designs. William Caxton's first two editions of The Canterbury Tales, probably published in 1476 and 1483, have been put online by the British Library.
You say "grossly ignorant" like it's a bad thing!
Here is a selection of previous MeFi LoC posts. Not a horrible starting point.
posted by anathema at 7:09 PM on October 29, 2003
Here is a selection of previous MeFi LoC posts. Not a horrible starting point.
posted by anathema at 7:09 PM on October 29, 2003
Also notable and surprising in that Chaucer's descendants have not sued over rights control.
posted by rudyfink at 7:09 PM on October 29, 2003
posted by rudyfink at 7:09 PM on October 29, 2003
The Library of Congress does have a lot of excellent stuff online, much of it linked to in MetaFilter over the years.
posted by liam at 7:13 PM on October 29, 2003
posted by liam at 7:13 PM on October 29, 2003
There was no "copyright" when these were first published. The Statute of Anne didn't even come into being until 1710. Rights control is not an issue.
posted by anathema at 7:14 PM on October 29, 2003
posted by anathema at 7:14 PM on October 29, 2003
Not at all. Thanks.
posted by Utilitaritron at 7:37 PM on October 29, 2003
posted by Utilitaritron at 7:37 PM on October 29, 2003
I love Chaucer...I seem to reread Canterbury Tales every couple of years. I love the fact that you can zoom this these images out to a readable size. Thanks for the find!
posted by dejah420 at 8:04 PM on October 29, 2003
posted by dejah420 at 8:04 PM on October 29, 2003
The British Library has all sorts of interesting online exhibits, definitely. For more Chaucer images, facsimiles, etc., see the links at Luminarium.
posted by thomas j wise at 8:32 PM on October 29, 2003
posted by thomas j wise at 8:32 PM on October 29, 2003
And out his arse he putteth privily
Over the buttock, to the haunche bone.
And therewith spoke this clerk, this Absalon:
"Speak, sweet heart. I wot not where thou art."
This Nicholas anon let fly a fart
As great as it had been a thunder dint
That with that stroke he was almost y-blint.
posted by Zurishaddai at 8:35 PM on October 29, 2003
Over the buttock, to the haunche bone.
And therewith spoke this clerk, this Absalon:
"Speak, sweet heart. I wot not where thou art."
This Nicholas anon let fly a fart
As great as it had been a thunder dint
That with that stroke he was almost y-blint.
posted by Zurishaddai at 8:35 PM on October 29, 2003
Yes, I know. It was a joke. Apparently, I should have used a blink tag or something.
posted by rudyfink at 8:39 PM on October 29, 2003
posted by rudyfink at 8:39 PM on October 29, 2003
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