Allegory in medieval animal literature and carvings.

The lesson taught by Anselm is not one of empathy and commiseration with God's creatures, but a spiritual one. However, we must not imagine Anselm or any other member of the clergy walking around allegorizing everything all the time. It is, rather, a spontaneous and unexpected application of a technique usually reserved for a clerical context in a decidedly non-clerical situation – and this makes it so special. - [Author]

Language: English

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