Reading nature in the early Middle Ages : writing, language, and creation in the Latin Physiologus, ca. 700-1000 / by Anna Dorofeeva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorofeeva, Anna, author.

Series:

Premodern Ecosystems--Climate, Environment, People Series

Premodern ecosystems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physiologus--Manuscripts--History.

Physiologus.

Physiologus--Influence.

Nature in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 256 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Arc Humanities Press 2023

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new cultural history of the natural world in the early medieval Latin West, focusing on the manuscripts of the Physiologus, the foundation of the medieval bestiary.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS

PREFACE

Introduction THE PHYSIOLOGUS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST

Chapter 1 THE NATURAL WORLD IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

Chapter 2 THE EARLY LATIN PHYSIOLOGUS

Chapter 3 MISCELLANIES AND COMMUNITIES

Chapter 4 NATURE AND SALVATION

Chapter 5 NATURE AND LEARNING IN THE TENTH CENTURY

CONCLUSION

Appendix I DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS

Appendix II PHYSIOLOGUS FAMILIES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GENERAL INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 8, 2026).

ISBN:

9781802701654

1802701656

9781802700022

9781802701661

OCLC:

1409079602

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access