“…Thus, unreal animals and whimsical names derive from travellers' tales, from the symbolism of oriental art and from misunderstood observations of animal behaviour, giving form to the mysterious unicorn, the man-eating manticore and the phoenix-phenomenon of "anting" in birds. Mixed with this are descriptions of familiar and readily recognizable creatures. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…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…”

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