A celebration of the visual contributions of the bestiary--one of the most popular types of
illuminated books during the Middle Ages--and an exploration of its lasting legacy. Brimming …

1 O Bestiário ou Livro das Bestas assume-se como uma obra singular no âmbito da
literatura da Idade Média. Em primeiro lugar, por nele se descreverem várias espécies …

St Martin of Tours was a protector saint of numerous French kings. His was one of the most
successful saintly cults in medieval Europe, and the city of Tours functioned as a religious …

quite oñen a brief legend that is difficult to interpret on Schöner's globe is clarified by
consulting the typically longer version on Waldseemuller's map. A few other other maps …

The first lesson I attended at Tel Aviv University, almost a decade ago, was an introduction to
Medieval Art, given by Professor Nurith Kenaan-Kedar. Her gripping lecture was for me the …

Abstract The Dominican Thomas of Cantimpré composed his Latin natural history
encyclopedia in twenty books titled De natura rerum (On the Nature of Things) around 1245 …

The horse (Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758) was introduced to the Americas at the end of the
fifteenth century: on his second transatlantic journey to the Caribbean, Christopher …

Sebbene agli occhi degli osservatori medievali e rinascimentali i mostri marini raffigurati
nelle carte rappresentassero pericoli reali, per un osservatore moderno queste creature …

This dissertation investigates the zoological representation found in New World texts by
early European explorers working for the Spanish Crown from 1492–1557 CE. It examines …

This thesis examines the correlation between the bestiary tradition—Physiologus and
Bestiary—and images of medieval demons. It focuses primarily on manuscript and sculptural …