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Image: Canterbury Tales - The Miller - f. 34v detail - Robin with the Bagpype - early 1400s Chaucer

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Description: Miniature illustration of Robin, the Miller, with a 16th century note "Robin with the Bagpype" from folio 34v of the Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Robin is playing a bagpipe while riding a horse. This version has been modified from the original to bring out details not readily apparent in the photographic reproduction.
Title: Canterbury Tales - The Miller - f. 34v detail - Robin with the Bagpype - early 1400s Chaucer
Credit: This detail comes from a Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, CA digital scan of folio 34v of the Ellesmere Chaucer, call number EL 26 C 9, "Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer, hosted at the Digital Scriptorium website: http://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/dsheh/heh_brf?Description=&CallNumber=EL+26+C+9
Author: Original 2D miniature illustration: unknown 15th century artist. Photographic facsimile by the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Derivative work: Earthsound (talk)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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