Book allegory. 15th-century manuscript illustration produced for a Middle English translation of the 14th-century French poem 'Pilgrimage of the Life of Man' by Guillaume de Guileville. Lady Hagiography (centre) is showing the Pilgrim (the narrator of the poem) and Lady Lesson (left) into a room full of books on reading shelves. The allegorical message is that the books are tomes of wisdom for the pilgrim to acquire learning | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / British Library |
Bildgröße: | 5318 px × 3354 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |