Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses

 

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Forfatter: Monge, Julián
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2019
Beskrivelse:Small drawings of armored knights fighting pulmonate snails have been found in several medieval and Renaissance manuscripts; and there are 26 hypothetical interpretations about what they mean. Manuscripts also depict fights between cartoonish humans, rabbits, monkeys, and several other real and imaginary animals, so they probably lack the deep meanings that many have imagined. More likely, these cartoons are simply comic relief based on the obvious similarity between humans and invertebrates that protect themselves with body armor.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprog:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/38872
Online adgang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/38872
Palabra clave:armored knights
malacofauna
small drawings
battles
illustrators
marginal cartoons