The Vernon Paternoster Diagram, Medieval Graphic Design, and the "Parson's Tale."
- Author / Editor
- Vulic, Kathryn.
The Vernon Paternoster Diagram, Medieval Graphic Design, and the "Parson's Tale."
- Published
- Susanna Fein and David Raybin, eds. Chaucer: Visual Approaches (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2016), pp. 59-85.
- Description
- Posits that the Paternoster diagram in the Vernon manuscript, transcribed in an appendix, as an example of a "supplementary text" that performs devotional work in dialogue with ParsT's call to prayer. Examines the visual and verbal structure of the multilingual diagram as it encourages abstract, connective thinking.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer: Visual Approaches.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations
Manuscripts and Textual Studies