Middle English 'Knarre' : More Porcine Imagery in the Miller's Portrait

Author / Editor
Bredehoft, Thomas A.

Title
Middle English 'Knarre' : More Porcine Imagery in the Miller's Portrait

Published
ELN 43.2 (2005):14-18

Description
In calling the GP Miller a "knarre," Chaucer probably draws on an iconographic tradition illustrated in a pilgrim badge depicting a boar playing a bagpipe and inscribed "Laet knorren."

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.