Hyena, corocotta, leucrocotta…? O pochodzeniu średniowiecznej bestii.
Real and mythical creatures were described in medieval bestiaries, including hyena, crocotta and leucrotta. The authors obtained information about them from ancient works. Similarities in descriptions and iconography suggest that the same animal, perhaps a real species, not a fantastic creature, is...
| Publicado en: | Scripta Classica Vol. 17; pp. 205 - 226 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Slaskiego
2020
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=155368567&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 155368567 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 17323509 KGHB jtl: Scripta Classica issn: 17323509 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2020 vid: 17 pid: 24076 pub: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Slaskiego artinfo: ui: 155368567 10.31261/SC.2020.17.14 ppf: 205 ppct: 21 formats: tig: atl: Hyena, corocotta, leucrocotta…? O pochodzeniu średniowiecznej bestii. aug: au: Bartnik, Agnieszka affil: Department of Cell Biology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A sug: keyword: bestiaries corocotta hyaena leucrocota medieval texta bestiaries corocotta hyaena leucrocota medieval texta ab: Real and mythical creatures were described in medieval bestiaries, including hyena, crocotta and leucrotta. The authors obtained information about them from ancient works. Similarities in descriptions and iconography suggest that the same animal, perhaps a real species, not a fantastic creature, is hidden under these names. Based on the analysis of the descriptions of ancient authors and preserved iconographic images, it becomes apparent that the morphology, behaviour of the described creatures clearly indicates that in their texts ancient and later medieval authors described the striped hyena and the spotted hyena. Fantastic elements about this animal, emphasized in antiquity and the Middle Ages, were largely due to misinterpretation of the information heard and the fact that most of the writers describing it have never seen an animal of this species. Scientific interest in hyena falls only in the eighteenth century. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: Polish refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2020 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|