Treasures of Chaucer's day

WORKS of art by fourteenth century craftsmen, many from country churches, are being assembled for an exhibition opening at Kensington Palace on April 1, "Chaucer's London—A Mirror of All England." Some exhibits have been lent by museums and private individuals, covering most of the period of Chaucer's lifetime, about 1340 to 1400.
The carved oak effigy of a knight has been lent by Barnbrough Church, Yorkshire. Other exhibits of carved oak include a funerary head of Anne of Bohemia, lent by Westminster Abbey, and two Annunciation figures from Wells Cathedral.
A jewelled brooch inscribed Amor Vinci: Otnnia, the motto which adorned the brooch worn by the Prioress in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" will be among a display of jewellery.
Mr. Brian Spencer of the London Museum, which is organising the exhibition, said : "It will reflect times of splendour in a period when London became a magnet of high society, and times of poverty and disease."