Time and the Astrolabe in the Canterbury Tales (Series for Science and Culture)
Released: Aug 26, 2002
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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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