The Kalendarium of John Somer

Author / Editor
Mooney, Linne R., ed. and trans.

Title
The Kalendarium of John Somer

Published
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1998.

Physical Description
xii, 224 pp.

Series
The Chaucer Library.

Description
Referred to by Chaucer in Astr, Somer's "Kalendarium" may have been a source for a number of the poet's astrological references. This facing-page edition and English translation of the Latin "Kalendarium" includes descriptions of the manuscripts; discussion of Somer's works, biography, and influence; and appendices of Middle English versions of the "Canon" (part of the "Kalendarium"), Somer's star catalog, and descriptions of other scientific works attributed to Somer.
Elaborate layout emulates some of the complexities of text and graphics in the original.

Chaucer Subjects
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
Treatise on the Astrolabe.