Impious Dogs, Ridiculous Monkeys and Exquisite Fish: Evaluative Perception and Interpretation of Animals in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Thought

by JohannesPahlitzsch (Author), TristanSchmidt (Author), Johannes Pahlitzsch (Author), Tristan Schmidt (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2019

  $129.21

  This volume is dedicated to the topic of the human evaluation and interpretation of animals in ancient and medieval cultures. From a transcultural perspective contributions from Anthropology to Byzantine Studies, Classical Archaeology and more look into the processes and mechanisms behind the transfer by people of certain values to animals, and the functions these animal-signs have within written, pictorial and performative forms of expression.