The Poet and Pearl from the poem, Pearl (detail from MS. Cotton Nero A. X., f. 42r)

The Poet and Pearl from the poem, Pearl (detail from MS. Cotton Nero A. X., f. 42r)

Disc Brooch

The illumination corresponds to the poem Pearl, where a poet’s deceased daughter reappears to him in a dream and comforts him in his time of grief. The father and daughter are standing at opposite sides of a river, and are both wearing long robes. At Pearl’s neck, a brooch (almost pearl-like in color) acts as a fastener on her high-collared tunic.

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Late Medieval, c. 1400

Tara Cangialosi

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Still Image

Illumination on parchment manuscript

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