Imagery from the 1907 “Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland),” translated from the Old French by Isabel Butler. Designed by Bruce Rogers. A headpiece vignette and five roundels, all hand-colored, based on stained glass windows in Chartres Cathedral.

“I. The Treachery of Ganelon”. Headpiece vignette. Page 8. Collections of the Wellesley College Library. Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/songofroland00butl_0/page/n8/mode/1up

Roundel. Page 9. Collections of the Wellesley College Library. Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/songofroland00butl_0/page/9/mode/1up

Roundel. Page 18. Collections of the Wellesley College Library. Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/songofroland00butl_0/page/18/mode/1up

Roundel. Page 20. Collections of the Wellesley College Library. Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/songofroland00butl_0/page/20/mode/1up

Roundel. Page 21. Collections of the Wellesley College Library. Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/songofroland00butl_0/page/21/mode/2up

Roundel. Page 30. Collections of the Wellesley College Library. Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/songofroland00butl_0/page/30/mode/2up

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