Chauntecleer and Taurus.

Author / Editor
Henning, Standish.

Title
Chauntecleer and Taurus.

Published
English Language Notes 3.1 (1965): 1-4.

Description
Attributes the reference to Taurus in NPT 7.3194-95 to the medico-astrological tradition of associating Taurus with necks and throats, part of a pattern of imagery in the Tale that may reflect the influence of Bartholomeus Anglicanus's "De Proprietatibus Rerum."

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations