Animal kingdom of heaven : anthropozoological aspects in the late antique world /

Animal kingdom of heaven : anthropozoological aspects in the late antique world /

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The essays collected in this volume apply an interdisciplinary approach to explore aspects of the relationship between animal and human in late antiquity. With a focus on ways that anthropozoological connections were defined in the emergent Christian religious discourse of the epoch, the authors con...

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Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Brasi, Diego De (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Franchi, Roberta (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Lecocq, Françoise (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Moreschini, Claudio (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Ogden, Daniel (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Schaaf, Ingo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt, Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Schneider, Horst (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Italian
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]
Berlin ; Boston : [2019]
Series:Millennium-Studien ; 80
Subjects:
To 1500
Animals and civilization > History > To 1500
Animals in art
Animals > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600
Animals > Symbolic aspects
Art, Ancient > Themes, motives
Art, Medieval > Themes, motives
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval, 500-1500 > Themes, motives
Christian art and symbolism > To 500 > Themes, motives
Human-animal relationships > Religious aspects
Antike
Tier-Mensch-Beziehung
Animaux > Aspect symbolique
Art antique > Thèmes, motifs
Art médiéval > Thèmes, motifs
Animals and civilization
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval > Themes, motives
Christian art and symbolism > Themes, motives
HISTORY / Ancient / General
HISTORY > Ancient > General
Human-animal relationship
Electronic books
History
Table of Contents:
  • Animal kingdom of heaven. Anthropozoological aspects in the late Antique world / Ingo Schaaf
  • "Ecco, io vi mando come agnelli in mezzo ai lupi" (Mt 10,16) : eretici e animali nei cristianesimo antico / Roberta Franchi
  • The function of dragon episodes in early hagiography / Daniel Ogden
  • Tiere in symbolischer Deutung : der Physiologus / Horst Schneider
  • Gregorio Magno e il mondo animale, tra curiositas e simbologia / Claudio Moreschini
  • The flight of the phoenix to paradise in ancient literature and iconography / Françoise Lecocq
  • Das tier, der mensch und Gott in Laktanzens De opificio Dei / Diego De Brasi
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Animal Kingdom of Heaven. Anthropozoological Aspects in the Late Antique World
  • «Ecco, io vi mando come agnelli in mezzo ai lupi» (Mt 10,16): eretici e animali nel cristianesimo antico
  • The Function of Dragon Episodes in Early Hagiography
  • Tiere in symbolischer Deutung: Der Physiologus
  • Gregorio Magno e il mondo animale, tra curiositas e simbologia
  • The Flight of the Phoenix to Paradise in Ancient Literature and Iconography
  • Das Tier, der Mensch und Gott in Laktanzens De opificio Dei
  • Index rerum et nominum
  • Index locorum
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Animal Kingdom of Heaven. Anthropozoological Aspects in the Late Antique World / Schaaf, Ingo
  • "Ecco, io vi mando come agnelli in mezzo ai lupi" (Mt 10,16): eretici e animali nel cristianesimo antico / Franchi, Roberta
  • The Function of Dragon Episodes in Early Hagiography / Ogden, Daniel
  • Tiere in symbolischer Deutung: Der Physiologus / Schneider, Horst
  • Gregorio Magno e il mondo animale, tra curiositas e simbologia / Moreschini, Claudio
  • The Flight of the Phoenix to Paradise in Ancient Literature and Iconography / Lecocq, Françoise
  • Das Tier, der Mensch und Gott in Laktanzens De opificio Dei / Brasi, Diego De
  • Index rerum et nominum
  • Index locorum

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