Time and the Astrolabe in the Canterbury Tales (2002)(en)(320s)


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.








Author(s): Marijane Osborn

Series: Series for Science and Culture

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, Year: 2002


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