Papers from a conference held at the Institute of Medieval Studies in May 1997.

Aristotle's zoological writings with their wealth of detailed investigations on diverse species of animals fascinated medieval and Renaissance culture. This volume explores how these texts have been read in various traditions and how they have been incorporated in different genres. This multidisciplinary and multilinguistic approach highlights substantial aspects of Aristotle's animals. - [Publisher]

Language: English/German/French/Italian

ISBN: 90-6186-973-0; LCCN: 2019667870