The Written Word: Literacy across Languages.
- Author / Editor
- Gilbert, Jane, and Sara Harris.
The Written Word: Literacy across Languages.
- Published
- Orietta Da Rold and Elaine Treharne, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020), pp. 149-78.
- Description
- Includes discussion of Astr in showing that "vernacular pride" in late medieval England was "more inclusive than exclusive of other languages and cultures." Stresses the "practical utility" of Astr and how English achieves "dignity" by association with astronomical study.
- Contributor
- Sara Harris, Sara.
- Alternative Title
- Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts
- Chaucer Subjects
- Treatise on the Astrolabe
Language and Word Studies