A Scavenging Beast of Prey or a Harmless Reptile? The lacta as a Puzzling Problem of Animal Classification in the Encyclopedia of Thomas of Cantimpré

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

A Scavenging Beast of Prey or a Harmless Reptile? The lacta as a Puzzling Problem of Animal Classification in the Encyclopedia of Thomas of Cantimpré

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Of the twenty books of his work Liber de natura rerum, the 13th-century encyclopedist Thomas of Cantimpré devoted six to animal world. He intended not only to educate his readers about ordinary animals, but especially to amaze them with his descriptions of various strange creatures. This is most clearly visible in chapters where he described several animals whose names are often hard to explain, both etymologically and semantically. One of such enigmatic terms is the name “lacta” which modern scholars believe refers to hyena. The study explores the possibility that it was originally a different animal that Thomas wrongly placed under the new name among viviparous terrestrial quadrupeds, and then enriched the brief passage taken from his source with his own ideas about the physical appearance and the diet of the creature. As a result, Thomas´s efforts gave birth to a completely new, albeit unreal animal.

Název v anglickém jazyce

A Scavenging Beast of Prey or a Harmless Reptile? The lacta as a Puzzling Problem of Animal Classification in the Encyclopedia of Thomas of Cantimpré

Popis výsledku anglicky

Of the twenty books of his work Liber de natura rerum, the 13th-century encyclopedist Thomas of Cantimpré devoted six to animal world. He intended not only to educate his readers about ordinary animals, but especially to amaze them with his descriptions of various strange creatures. This is most clearly visible in chapters where he described several animals whose names are often hard to explain, both etymologically and semantically. One of such enigmatic terms is the name “lacta” which modern scholars believe refers to hyena. The study explores the possibility that it was originally a different animal that Thomas wrongly placed under the new name among viviparous terrestrial quadrupeds, and then enriched the brief passage taken from his source with his own ideas about the physical appearance and the diet of the creature. As a result, Thomas´s efforts gave birth to a completely new, albeit unreal animal.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60202 - Specific languages

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch

ISSN

0076-9762

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

58

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

52

Strana od-do

204-255

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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