Boethius, 'Boece' and Bootes : A Note on the Chronology of Chaucer's Astronomical Learning
- Author / Editor
- Laird, Edgar S., and Donald W. Olson.
Boethius, 'Boece' and Bootes : A Note on the Chronology of Chaucer's Astronomical Learning
- Published
- Modern Philology 88 (1990): 147-49.
- Description
- The interpretation in Bo of how the constellation Bootes rises and sets indicates Chaucer's reliances on commentaries; he did not have the expertise in observational astronomy he would have needed for a more accurate translation.
- Contributor
- Olson, Donald W.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Boece.