The Pardoner's 'Vernycle' and his 'Vera Icon'
- Author / Editor
- Rhodes, James F.
The Pardoner's 'Vernycle' and his 'Vera Icon'
- Published
- Modern Language Studies 13:2 (1983): 34-40.
- Description
- Various legends, iconography, and etymology of Saint Veronica illuminate the "vernycle" emblem on the Pardoner's cap as a clue to his character and motives."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Pardoner and His Tale.