Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses
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 imag...
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RBT388722023-07-11T17:33:09Z Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses Monge, Julián armored knights malacofauna small drawings battles illustrators marginal cartoons armored knights malacofauna small drawings battles illustrators marginal cartoons 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. 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. Universidad de Costa Rica 2019-09-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/38872 Revista de Biología Tropical; Darwin In Memoriam 2019: History of Science; Darwin Revista de Biología Tropical; Darwin In Memoriam 2019: Historia de la ciencia; Darwin Revista Biología Tropical; Darwin In Memoriam 2019: History of Science; Darwin 2215-2075 0034-7744 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/38872/39587 |
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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. |
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Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses |
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Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses |
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Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses |
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Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses |
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Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses |
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pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses |
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Pulmonate snails as marginalia in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts: a review of hypotheses |
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Universidad de Costa Rica |
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2019 |
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