Sir Thopas' "Charbocle."

Author / Editor
Melton, John L.

Title
Sir Thopas' "Charbocle."

Published
Philological Quarterly 35 (1956): 215-17.

Description
Suggests that "charbocle" (carbuncle) in Th 7.871 may refer, not to part of the charge on Thopas' shield, but to his sword, with a jewel on its pommel.

Chaucer Subjects
Tale of Sir Thopas
Language and Word Studies