Chauntecleer and Taurus.
- Author / Editor
- Henning, Standish.
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