The description of exotic animals (African or Asiatic beasts as seen in European medieval context) is an interesting paradigm of otherness, especially in the construction of the image of the oriental world. Zoological marvels coming from India or Ethiopia were not imaginary beasts, but real animals that could be observed in nature or in Egyptian menageries. The paper studies three aspects of the description of foreign animals (especially elephants, giraffes, and other big animals) by occidental pilgrims: 1. The difficulty of describing the unknown, whether in zoological terms (detailing the external features of the animals), or in more affective terms (surprise, marvel, emotion); 2. The problem of naming unknown animals, whence the adoption...
http://rursus.revues.org/1016International audienceTimotheus of Gaza's panthers in the zoological en...
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Proceedings of the Abu Dhabi Conference, 15-17 Nov. 2015International audienceThis paper will consid...
The description of exotic animals (African or Asiatic beasts as seen in European medieval context) i...
Diplomatic animal gifts, in the 13th century Mediterranean area, had a specific influence on zoologi...
International audienceThe aim of this paper is to study the informations given by Arabic authors on ...
L'éléphant du Moyen Âge occidental était un animal paradoxal. Absent de la faune européenne, il appa...
Carnet de recherche sur hypotheses.org, Medieval Animal Data-network, Multidisciplinary research on ...
International audienceThe giraffe, unknown beauty of the medieval bibles. Camelopardalis: a philolog...
International audienceAn article by Michel Pastoureau (2008) laid the foundations for a reflection o...
ItTra le migliaia e migliaia di ossa studiate e valutate, a volte, se si è abbastanza fortunati, può...
Carnet de recherche sur hypotheses.org, Medieval Animal Data-network, Multidisciplinary research on ...
Animals played a significant role in the everyday lives and religion of the people of Ancient Egypt ...
Majnun visited in the desert by his mother and Salim (Sanwlah). Various animals gathered around them...
International audienceThe cheetah was trained for hunting in Indo-Iranian and Arabic civilizations f...
http://rursus.revues.org/1016International audienceTimotheus of Gaza's panthers in the zoological en...
En ligne sur le carnet Medieval animal data-network : http://mad.hypotheses.org/715Blog post on Medi...
Proceedings of the Abu Dhabi Conference, 15-17 Nov. 2015International audienceThis paper will consid...
The description of exotic animals (African or Asiatic beasts as seen in European medieval context) i...
Diplomatic animal gifts, in the 13th century Mediterranean area, had a specific influence on zoologi...
International audienceThe aim of this paper is to study the informations given by Arabic authors on ...
L'éléphant du Moyen Âge occidental était un animal paradoxal. Absent de la faune européenne, il appa...
Carnet de recherche sur hypotheses.org, Medieval Animal Data-network, Multidisciplinary research on ...
International audienceThe giraffe, unknown beauty of the medieval bibles. Camelopardalis: a philolog...
International audienceAn article by Michel Pastoureau (2008) laid the foundations for a reflection o...
ItTra le migliaia e migliaia di ossa studiate e valutate, a volte, se si è abbastanza fortunati, può...
Carnet de recherche sur hypotheses.org, Medieval Animal Data-network, Multidisciplinary research on ...
Animals played a significant role in the everyday lives and religion of the people of Ancient Egypt ...
Majnun visited in the desert by his mother and Salim (Sanwlah). Various animals gathered around them...
International audienceThe cheetah was trained for hunting in Indo-Iranian and Arabic civilizations f...
http://rursus.revues.org/1016International audienceTimotheus of Gaza's panthers in the zoological en...
En ligne sur le carnet Medieval animal data-network : http://mad.hypotheses.org/715Blog post on Medi...
Proceedings of the Abu Dhabi Conference, 15-17 Nov. 2015International audienceThis paper will consid...