Time and the Astrolabe in the Canterbury Tales (Series for Science and Culture)
Book Details
Author(s)
Marijane Osborn
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN / ASIN
0806134038
ISBN-13
9780806134031
Category
Hardcover
Marketplace
France 🇫🇷
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Description
Marijane Osborn demonstrates that Chaucer structured the Canterbury Tales after the astrolabe, an Arabic Islamic time-keeping device. Chaucer’s fascination with this device also accounts for the sense of time and astronomy in the Tales.
