Brustb. nach r., im Hintergrund angedeutet l. von Vorhang halbverdeckte Säule, r. got. Kirche. Unten 6zeil. engl. Legende „GEOFFREY CHAUCER. | One of the ealiest English poets, born in London in 1328, expired Oct. 25th. | 1400. He was successively page, gentleman of the privy-chamber, and shield- | bearer, to King Edward the 3rd. – Dryden says of him, ’As the father of | English poetry, I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the | Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Vergil.’“