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| #1180547 in Books | Michael J Curley | 2009-09-15 | 2009-09-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.60 x5.50l,.39 | File type: PDF | 144 pages | Physiologus A Medieval Book of Nature Lore||5 of 58 people found the following review helpful.| Not natural history|By david Robinson|Before you write this book, understand what you are getting. It is not a book of natural history. It describes 51 'beasts', but some are mythical, some are rocks, and two are trees. But its 'facts' are recklesly inaccurate - I think not one of them is true. The bulk of each entry is an allegorical explanation of the 'fact' in terms of Chri||"An elegant little book... still diverting to look at today.... The woodcuts reproduced from the 1587 Rome edition are alone worth the price of the book." - Raymond A. Sokolov, New York Times Book "Curley gives a careful account of the history and developmen
One of the most popular and widely read books of the Middle Ages, Physiologus contains allegories of beasts, stones, and trees both real and imaginary, infused by their anonymous author with the spirit of Christian moral and mystical teaching. Accompanied by an introduction that explains the origins, history, and literary value of this curious text, this volume also reproduces twenty woodcuts from the 1587 version. Originally composed in the fou...
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