Time and the astrolabe in the Canterbury tales
By: Marijane Osborn.
Series: Science and culture
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Norman, Okla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.; Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Technique.; Time in literature.; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.; Tales, Medieval -- History and criticism.; Astrolabes in literature.; Rhetoric, Medieval.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part 1: Taking Bearings 9; title: Chapter 1: Chaucer's Sky 1; title: Chapter 2: The Steed of Brass and Chaucer's Astrolabe 34; title: Chapter 3: Using the Astrolabe on the Road to Canterbury 55; title: Chapter 4: Mercury the Sly and the "Bradshaw Shift" 88; title: Part 2: Applications; title: Chapter 5: The Amphitheater in The Knights Tale 23; title: Chapter 6: The Spheres and Pagan Prayer in The Knight's Tale 153; title: Chapter 7: Cosmic Retribution in The Miller's Tale 77; title: Part 3: Implications 193; title: Chapter 8: Chaucer's Attitude toward Prophecy and Planetary Influences 195; title: Chapter 9: The "Artificial Day" of Pilgrimage 220; title: Chapter 10: Libra and the Moon: Some Final Speculations 244; title: Appendix: A Practice Astrolabe 271; title: .