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. Machine Generated Contents Note: Part 1: Taking Bearings 9 -- Chapter 1: Chaucer's Sky 1 -- Chapter 2: The Steed Of Brass And Chaucer's Astrolabe 34 -- Chapter 3: Using The Astrolabe On The Road To Canterbury 55 -- Chapter 4: Mercury The Sly And The Bradshaw Shift 88 --part 2: Applications -- Chapter 5: The Amphitheater In The Knights Tale 23 -- Chapter 6: The Spheres And Pagan Prayer In The Knight's Tale 153 -- Chapter 7: Cosmic Retribution In The Miller's Tale 77 --part 3: Implications 193 -- Chapter 8: Chaucer's Attitude Toward Prophecy And Planetary Influences 195 -- Chapter 9: The Artificial Day Of Pilgrimage 220 -- Chapter 10: Libra And The Moon: Some Final Speculations 244 -- Appendix: A Practice Astrolabe 271 -- Marijane Osborn. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 325-314) And Index.