Figurative systems in 12th and 13th century English bestiaries

• Grant number: 12/12588-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: December 01, 2012
• End date: May 14, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Maria Cristina Correia Leandro Pereira
• Grantee: Muriel Araujo Lima Garcia
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/22805-0 - Ornamentality, colour and exegesis in English bestiaries: form and function, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

Bestiaries are a very popular genre in the Middle Ages, being usually accompanied by miniatures. However, despite this there are few studies specifically devoted to the images in these documents. This research aims to investigate the images' role in a number of illuminated bestiaries produced in England in the 12th and 13th centuries, written in Latin. We assume that these images do not have merely a mnemonic or illustrative function, as they rarely make any reference to the moralizations and exegeses of the text and there is no evidence whatsoever that illiterate people had access to bestiaries. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the images (and their role in the manuscripts) bearing in mind that the logic of figurative thinking is not the same as the text's. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GARCIA, Muriel Araujo Lima. Images in English bestiaries of the 12th and 13th centuries. 2015. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.