"The Hous of Fame" and the House of the Musicians.

Author / Editor
Williams, George G.

Title
"The Hous of Fame" and the House of the Musicians.

Published
Modern Language Notes 72.1 (1957): 6-9.

Description
Proposes that the facade of the thirteenth-century "Maison des Musiciens" in Reims may have inspired Chaucer's description of the exterior of Fame's palace in HF 1189-1266, hypothesizing how and when Chaucer may have seen the historical building.

Chaucer Subjects
House of Fame
Chaucer's Life