Christus Gallinaceus: A Chaucerian Enigma: or the Cock as Symbol of Christ
- Author / Editor
- Baird, Lorrayne Y.
Christus Gallinaceus: A Chaucerian Enigma: or the Cock as Symbol of Christ
- Published
- Studies in Iconography 9 (1983): 19-30.
- Description
- Pre-Christian and Christian traditions connecting "gallus" and "deus" bear on NPT, especially hymns of Jerome and Prudentius, iconography, and popular equations of the cock with Christ in apocrypha, devotionals, folklore, and slang. As antagonist of the Iscariot fox, Chauntecleer is a Christ figure.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Nun's Priest and His Tale.