Venue
The Huntington Art Gallery, Large Library
1151 Oxford Rd.
San Marino , CA 91108
Opening: Stories From the Library: The Tales Through Time
Saturday, June 21, 2025 at All day event
Cost: $13.00 - $29.00
Sponsor: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
For more information call: 626-405-2100
Or click here: https://www.huntington.org/exhibitions/stories-library-tales-through-time
Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic "Canterbury Tales" features fictionalized characters who entertain each other with stories on a pilgrimage from London to Canterbury Cathedral. In the 14th century, when Chaucer first penned the tales, each one circulated independently of the others. It was not until the turn of the 15th century that the tales came to be known as a complete work. This exhibition begins with The Huntington’s iconic Ellesmere Chaucer manuscript, an elaborately decorated work created between 1400 and 1405. The most complete and authoritative version, it is presented alongside later iterations of the work to reveal how creators like writers, artists, and printers—collectively and individually—changed the tales textually and visually over five centuries of retellings. On view: June 21, 2025 to Dec. 1, 2025.