Chaucer, the 'Teseida' and the Visconti Library at Pavia: A Hypothesis

Author / Editor
Coleman, William E.

Title
Chaucer, the 'Teseida' and the Visconti Library at Pavia: A Hypothesis

Published
Medium AEvum 51 (1982): 92-101.

Description
Chaucer's acquisition of a manuscript of "Teseida" in 1378 suggests that Chaucer omits reference to Boccaccio because he may have seen the imperfect Pavia MS 881, which lacked Boccaccio's commentary and attribution to Boccaccio.

Chaucer Subjects
Knight and His Tale.
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.