Tracing the Ring: Henryson, Fowler, and Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Author / Editor
McKim, Anne M.

Title
Tracing the Ring: Henryson, Fowler, and Chaucer's 'Troilus'

Published
Notes and Queries 238 (1993): 449-51.

Description
The return of the ruby ring to Troilus in Henryson's "Testament" can be traced to the traditional exchange of love tokens and to Chaucer's description of Troilus's signet ring with the ruby stone.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Troilus and Criseyde.