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Iranian šāhnāmeh "The Book of Kings / The king of books", introduces Zaal, the mythical hero of Iran, raised by Simurgh, a very large and wise bird which darkens the sky when flying, said to be related to the phoenix. In Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, Hayy is raised by a gazelle on a desert island and becomes an autodidactic philosopher.
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories, mostly in verse, written by Geoffrey Chaucer chiefly from 1387 to 1400. They are held together in a frame story of a pilgrimage on which each member of the group is to tell two tales on the way to Canterbury, and two on the way back.
One question that splits critics is whether the Merchant's tale is a fabliau. [citation needed] Typically a description for a tale of carnal lust and frivolous bed-hopping, some would argue that especially the latter half of the tale, where Damyan and May have sex in the tree with the blind Januarie at the foot of the tree, represents fabliau.
The sole surviving manuscript of "The Plowman's Tale" (written in a 16th-century hand) was inserted at the end of The Canterbury Tales in a copy of Thomas Godfrey/Godfray's 1532 printed edition of Chaucer's Works (STC 5068), edited by William Thynne. (This is in PR 1850 1532 cop. 1 at the University of Texas Harry Ransom Center.)
London, British Library, Royal MS 1 E VI, and Canterbury, Cathedral Library, Additional MS 16 (Royal Bible (Canterbury Gospel Book)) Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14000 (Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram) New York, Morgan Library & Museum, MS 1 (Lindau Gospels) Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS lat. 8850 (Gospels of St. Medard de Soissons)
Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat is reportedly ready for a trade to a contending team, though he has not formally asked for a trade. (Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images) (Rich Storry via Getty Images)
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