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Interesting question, and I'll be interested to read what others suggest. I looked at Cliff Davidson's _Illustrations of the Stage and Acting in England to 1580_ and his chapter "Fools and Other Entertainers" (pp 65-103), although rich in illustrations, does not have a specific Feast of Fools/Boy Bishop illustration. The chapter might be a good springboard, however. John Southworth's _Fools and Jesters at the English Court_ has a color illustration (Plate 11a) of a fool bishop (New College, Oxford: MS 7, f.142b) but not a Feast of Fools. Lilian M.C. Randall's _Images in the Margins of Gothic Manuscripts_ (Berkeley: U of California P, 1966) might be worth close examination because you are looking for an iconoclastic subject (sorry but I don't have a copy to hand). Given the abundant documentation of Feasts of Fools, Boy Bishops, Kitchen Kings, etc., in the records, this search for illustrations would be of great benefit. Barbara D. Palmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "White, Paul" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:59 PM Subject: Feast of Fools/Boy Bishop > Does anyone know where I can view illustrations of the Feast of Fools and/or > the Feast of the Boy Bishop, either offline or online? > > Thanks, > > Paul Whitfield White > Director of Graduate Studies > Department of English > Purdue University > West Lafayette, IN 47907-1356 > Tel. (765) 742-7155 > http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~pwhite/english