John Gower from "Pericles, Prince of Tyre. A novel ... printed in 1608...
William Shakespeare books and illustrations
John Gower from "The National and Domestic History of England ... With...
This image has been taken from scan 000862 from volume 01 of "The National and Domestic History of England ... With numerous steel plates, coloured pictures, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have... More
John Gower world Vox Clamantis
John Gower in a portrait from a book with his Vox Clamantis and Chronica Tripertita in Glasgow Univ. Lib., MS Hunter 59 (T.2.17) folio 6v. This is from a revised edition of the book published c. 1400 (before ... More
Palaeography (Quaritch) plate15
Plate from Palæography: Notes upon the History of Writing and the Medieval Art of Illumination. JOHN GOWER AND THE PRIEST OF VENUS.From a MS. of Gower's Confessio Amantis, written before 1399.
John Gower archer Vox Clamantis
Text on the above image in one version of the Vox Clamantis reads "I hurl my darts at the world and I shoot my arrows; Yet where there is a just man, no arrow strikes. But I wound those transgressors who live ... More
Cadels. from BL Stowe 950, ff. 28v-29
Cadels. Image taken from ff. 28v-29 of Confessio Amantis, imperfect. Written in English and Latin.
Illuminated initial from BL Royal 18 C XXII, f. 91
Illuminated initial 'F'(erst), with a partial bar and foliate border. Image taken from f. 91 of Confessio amantis. Written in English and Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Coll... More
Detail from BL Harley 7184, f. 131
Detail of decorated initials with pen-flourishing in book 7. Image taken from f. 131 of Confessio amantis, imperfect. Written in English and Latin (rubrics only). The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collect... More
Decorated initials from BL Harley 6291, ff. 125v-126
Initials in blue with red pen-flourishing. Image taken from ff. 125v-126 of Vox Clamantis (beginning imperfectly) (ff. 1-134v), Cronica Tripertita (ff. 134v-49v), and shorter poems (ff. 149v-61). Written in Lat... More
Lover's confession from BL Royal 18 C XXII, f. 1
Detail of an historiated initial 'O'(ff) of the Lover's confession, at the beginning of the prologue. Image taken from f. 1 of Confessio amantis. Written in English and Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collectio... More
Wyclif Gent - A painting of a group of people standing in front of a b...
Nederlands: John Wyclif leest zijn Bijbelvertaling voor aan Jan van Gent - olie op canvas van Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) - hij is langer dan 70 jaar dood, derhalve geen copyright
Nebuchadnezzar from BL Harley 3869, f. 5
Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar in bed with the Image of precious metals at the beginning of the prologue to Gower's Confessio amantis. Image taken from f. 5 of Confessio amantis, with the Traitié pour essampler le... More
Lover and Confessor from BL Harley 3869, f. 18
Detail of a miniature of the Lover kneeling before the Confessor in a landscape at the beginning of book 1 of Gower's Confessio amantis; an acanthus frame surrounds the miniature and foliate feathering extends ... More
Text page from BL Royal 18 C XXII, f. 66
Text page. Image taken from f. 66 of Confessio amantis. Written in English and Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, consists of over 2,000 manuscripts that were once o... More
The Lover from BL Harley 3869, f. 18
Miniature of the Lover kneeling before the Confessor in a landscape at the beginning of book 1 of Gower's Confessio amantis, with an acanthus frame surrounding the miniature and decorated initial 'I'( may). Ima... More
Lover's confession from BL Royal 18 C XXII, f. 1
Historiated initial 'O'(ff) of the Lover's confession, with a full border, at the beginning of the prologue. Image taken from f. 1 of Confessio amantis. Written in English and Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Co... More
Illuminated initial from BL Harley 7184, f. 1
Illuminated initial 'D' in colours and gold with foliate decoration including acanthus leaves, ivy, and foliate feathering extending into the margins to form a partial border, including a male figure. Image tak... More
Nebuchadnezzar from BL Harley 3869, f. 5
Miniature of Nebuchadnezzar in bed with the Image of precious metals, and decorated initial 'O'(f hem) with acanthus leaves and foliate feathering extending into the margins at the beginning of the prologue to ... More
Illuminated initial from BL Royal 18 C XXII, f. 29
Illuminated initial 'N', with a partial bar and foliate border. Image taken from f. 29 of Confessio amantis. Written in English and Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 7184, f. 45
Decorated initial 'I'(f) containing 2 dragons, and with foliate feathering extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 3. Image taken from f. 45 of Confessio amantis, imperfect. ... More
Lover's Confession from BL Eg 1991, f. 7v
Miniature of the Lover's Confession, of the Lover kneeling before the priest Genius. Image taken from f. 7v of Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly). Written in English with some Latin. The Egerton Manuscript... More
Decorated initial from BL Eg 1991, f. 142v
Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 142v of Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly). Written in English with some Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540... More
Decorated initial from BL Stowe 950, f. 20v
Decorated initial 'N'(ow). Image taken from f. 20v of Confessio Amantis, imperfect. Written in English and Latin.
Decorated initial from BL Harley 7184, ff. 59v-60
Decorated initial 'U'(pon) with foliate feathering including a male figure, extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 4. Image taken from ff. 59v-60 of Confessio amantis, imper... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 7184, f. 59v
Decorated initial 'U'(pon) with foliate feathering including a male figure, extending between the columns and into the margins at the beginning of book 4. Image taken from f. 59v of Confessio amantis, imperfect... More
Tomb-books
Detail from tomb of John Gower in Southwark Cathedral, Southwark, London, England. The head of the effigy rests on three books. Gower wrote Vox Clamantis in Latin, Speculum Meditantis in French and Confessio A... More
Decorated initial from BL Eg 1991, f. 194
Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 194 of Confessio amantis (begins imperfectly). Written in English with some Latin. The Egerton Manuscript Collection is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-... More
Decorated initial from BL Harley 7184, f. 45 John Gower
John Gower Public domain photograph of 15th-century art, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Gower world Vox Clamantis detail
Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
At Skinners' Hall 2 - Walks in London, Augustus Hare, 1878
Illustration from Walks in London, Augustus Hare, 1878