{"product_id":"the-kalendarium-of-john-somer-9780820320922","title":"The Kalendarium of John Somer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Somer | Linne R. Mooney\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Somer was one of the leading English astronomers of the late fourteenth century. Geoffrey Chaucer likely consulted Somer's \u003ci\u003eKalendarium\u003c\/i\u003e to relate dates, times, and movements of the stars and planets to events in his tales. In her introduction to this scholarly edition, Linne Mooney discusses not only Somer's importance but also Chaucer's use of the \u003ci\u003eKalendarium\u003c\/i\u003e in composing his texts from \u003ci\u003eThe Parliament of Fowls\u003c\/i\u003e through \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. She examines the thirty-three complete and nine fragmentary copies of the work known today and explains Somer's innovative and influential eclipse tables, adopted by some scribes in later copies of the \u003ci\u003eKalendarium\u003c\/i\u003e of Nicholas of Lynn, a contemporary of Somer's. Somer's \u003ci\u003eKalendarium\u003c\/i\u003e itself is presented in the original Latin text with English translation on facing pages. Mooney also provides full textual apparatus for the eleven complete manuscripts closest to the base text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47614589403287,"sku":"9780820320922","price":13267.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780820320922.webp?v=1775094797","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-kalendarium-of-john-somer-9780820320922","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}