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The Hoccleve portrait of Chaucer

The Hoccleve portrait of Chaucer
The Hoccleve portrait of Chaucer. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The marginal portrait Hoccleve had painted into his poem so that readers would remember his master’s face.

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—Senseshaper

Here endeth this leaf of Shaping Sense, called The Hoccleve portrait of Chaucer. Imprinted by Senseshaper Press at senseshaper.com, firſt ſet forth the ſeventh day of October, 2026. Free to read, ſhare and cite under CC BY‑NC 4.0. Finis.

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Fisher,
Zachary [Senseshaper].
“The Hoccleve portrait of Chaucer.”
Shaping Sense,
7 Oct. 2026,
senseshaper.com/hoccleve-chaucer.
Short form: Senseshaper, “The Hoccleve portrait of Chaucer.”

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