Impious Dogs, Haughty Foxes and Exquisite Fish: Evaluative Perception and Interpretation of Animals in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean Thought (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783110572995)

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 Assyriology, Byzantine Studies, Classical Archaeology, Egyptology, German Medieval Studies and Jewish History 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.

Author: Tristan Schmidt
ISBN-10: 3110572990
ISBN-13: 9783110572995
Publisher: de Gruyter
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2019
Pages: 194
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d