Medieval London

Cook from The Canterbury Tales

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Title

Cook from The Canterbury Tales

Subject

Clothing and Personal Accessories

Description

This illustration depicts the cook in the Prologue of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales riding on a horse while holding a meat hook. From the Huntington Library,  EL 26 C 9, f. 47r (the Ellesmere Chaucer)

Publisher

The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA https://hdl.huntington.org/

Date

1400-1410

Contributor

Alec Warnock

Type

Still image

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Original Format

Manuscript illumination

Files

Picture1.jpg

Collection

Citation

“Cook from The Canterbury Tales,” Medieval London, accessed July 27, 2024, https://medievallondon.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/448.

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