Reversing the Tapestry:Prison of Lovein Text, Image, and Textile

In the 1520s the internationally popular romancePrison of Lovewas adapted as a series of tapestries known asL'Histoire de Lérian et Lauréolle. This article explores the translation of the romance to a larger-than-life, three-dimensional narrative object created from sumptuous materials that lit...

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Published inRenaissance quarterly Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 1059 - 1105
Main Author Francomano, Emily C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Renaissance Society of America 01.12.2011
Subjects
Language translation
Love
Narratives
Pardons
Prison art
Prisons
Romantic literature
Studies
Tapestry
Woodcuts
Written narratives
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Summary:In the 1520s the internationally popular romancePrison of Lovewas adapted as a series of tapestries known asL'Histoire de Lérian et Lauréolle. This article explores the translation of the romance to a larger-than-life, three-dimensional narrative object created from sumptuous materials that literally enveloped courtly life. Unlike previous studies ofPrison of Love's international reach, this article reads the tapestry chamber as an integral part of the romance's complex history of transmission among the princely courts of Europe in the early sixteenth century. Further, study of the textiles’ production, use, and reception will show that the tapestry chamber, though incomplete, is material evidence of a particular sixteenth-century reading of the romance.
ISSN:0034-4338
1935-0236
DOI:10.1086/664085