Time and the Astrolabe in the Canterbury Tales (Series for Science and Culture)

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ISBN-10:

0806134038

ISBN-13:

9780806134031

Author(s): Osborn, Marijane
Released: Aug 26, 2002
Format: Hardcover, 372 pages
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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.

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