But it's Sir Gawain! With the picture of Lady Bertilak in a spotty dotty dress!

[adaeze]

Me: I hate, loathe and detest the Folio Society, mutter, mutter, lavish deluxe facsimile MS Cotton Nero A.x (The Pearl Manuscript, including Sir Gawain) mutter mutter.
Wellinghall: Can I think about that before saying Yes?

I think our mutual resolve not to make any big book purchases until we've done some serious bookshelf-pruning has just gone kaput.

In other news, always check your references before hitting "Post". I just typed, without looking, MS Cotton Nero A:x, when of course what I really meant was A.x. I know you will all be deeply and profoundly shocked that I could make such a clumsy error.

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I have a particular soft spot for that picture, because there was an exhibition a few years ago where they had the Gawain MS open at that page, in the same case with CS Lewis's annotated copy of Tolkien & Gordon's edition. The only way I can think of to get more geek-points into one display case would be to light it up with a light-sabre.