Astronomy Translated: Caput Draconis and the Pendragon Star in Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, and LaƷamon
2016; Scriptoriun Press; Volume: 26; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/art.2016.0017
ISSN1934-1539
Autores Tópico(s)Augustinian Studies and Theology
ResumoGeoffrey of Monmouth encodes into the Historia Regum Britanniae different astronomical and astrological meanings and uses of caput draconis . A concept introduced into twelfth-century England from Arabic science, it informs his naming of Uther’s (and Arthur’s) dynasty as ‘Pendragon’ and influences how his translators Wace and LaƷamon treat this significant astronomical/astrological phenomenon.
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