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  John Skelton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bowge of Court is directed against the vices and dangers of court life.
He had already in his Boke of the Thre Foles drawn on Alexander Barclay's version of the Narrenschijf of Sebastian Brant, and this more elaborate and imaginative poem belongs to the same class.
Skelton, falling into a dream at Harwich, sees a stately ship in the harbour called the Bowge of Court, the owner of which is the Dame Saunce Pere.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Skelton   (2059 words)

  
 History of Art: Gothic Art- Albrecht Durer
He proceeded on, arriving in Basel in 1492, which at that time was an important publishing center.
Here he could put to use his experience as a woodcutter, contributing with illustrations to Sebastian Brant's edition of Narrenschijf (stultifera navis), Terence's comedies and Ritter vom Turm.
After a period in Strasbourg (see the Self-Portrait of Strasbourg), toward the end of 1494, Durer returned to Nuremberg.
www.all-art.org /durer/durer1-1.html   (3514 words)

  
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Penelope, Virgil-though the references to Scripture show adequate acquaintance with Holy Writ.
As the embodiment of humanistic teaching through which Germany, unlike Italy, aspired to moral elevation as well as to classical training, the Narrenschijf holds the highest place alike for comprehensiveness and effectiveness.
It is not to be supposed that these influences were allowed to develop without protest or opposition.
www.uni-mannheim.de /mateo/camenaref/cmh/cmh119.html   (15026 words)

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