Talk:A Treatise on the Astrolabe

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Name in Middle English?

What is A Treatise on the Astrolabe called in Middle English? Stevenmitchell (talk) 18:10, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if the work was handed down to us with an original English title at all. According to the online edition here, there is a Latin title, Tractatus de Conclusionibus Astrolabii, and the not-quite-serious English subtitle Bred and mylk for childeren, but I haven't researched yet if either of these is found in most or all manuscripts. After the prologue, the main part of the text is apparently attested with a title line of Her by-gynneth the descripcion of the Astrelabie, so maybe Descripcion of the Astrelabie would come closest. Fut.Perf. ☼ 20:40, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Any info on why Chaucer never finished the treatise?

I was wondering if anyone had seen research on why the treastise was never finished. I couldn't find anything myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.169.116 (talk) 01:29, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am here to critically evaluate your starter or stub...

Hello. My name is Peter Van Gorp and I am required to evaluate and comment on a starter or stub article related to my college course, History of Science to A.D. 1450. I am new to doing anything on Wikipedia and Wikimedia's websites. Well, here it goes: The article seems well started. However, even though I am a college student and have learned the ability to differentiate and identify around 10 or 11 languages such as German, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Russian and so on, I have no idea which language the essay was written in. I could guess Old English. Therefore, for the benefit of all readers, I believe a concise yet informative background, including a brief history about the essay and the context or environment in which the essay was written will be necessary to upgrade the wiki article to a status above starter. Just as the so called Wikipedians have noted, appropriate inline citations are needed. Furthermore, more public sources such as journals or published books could be used and the external links section could include more links to online resources about the essay such as to this Middle English Collection at the University of Michigan. Thank you for letting me put my two cents in. Petesimon2 (talk) 02:03, 14 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]