Absolon's Musical Instruments

Author / Editor
Boenig, Robert.

Title
Absolon's Musical Instruments

Published
English Language Notes 28:1 (1990): 7-15.

Description
Medieval convention and iconography support the view that the rebec is associated with the female voice (and thus suited to Absolon's effeminate character). It is implied that Absolon neither sings nor plays very well.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.