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‎History of the Physiologus in Early Medieval England‎

‎, Brepols, 2025 Hardback, Pages: 453, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:15 b/w, 9 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503598406.‎

‎Summary The Physiologus is the ancestor of the bestiary, a collection of chapters describing animal qualities and behaviours, usually with an allegorical meaning, which proliferated especially in England in the late Middle Ages. While much scholarly attention has been directed to the bestiary, the history of the transmission of the Physiologus has hardly been investigated. Evidence of the circulation of this treatise in the early medieval period is certainly scanty, since only two brief versions dating from this period have been preserved, one in Old English and another one in Latin. However, this monograph shows further proof of the knowledge of the Physiologus in Anglo-Saxon England. It also reveals the relationship of the only two surviving texts and their connection to the main Continental recension of the time. This study therefore demonstrates that the popularity of bestiaries in the later Middle Ages was largely due to the prominence that its predecessor, the Physiologus, enjoyed in the preceding period. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction. The Scope, Aims, and Structure of this Book Part I. Knowledge of the Physiologus in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries Chapter 1. The School of Canterbury Chapter 2. The Liber monstrorum Chapter 3. Aldhelm's De virginitate Chapter 4. Aldhelm's Enigmata Chapter 5. Eusebius's Enigmata Part II. The Physiologus in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries Chapter 6. The Laud and Arras Physiologi Chapter 7. The Phoenix Chapter 8. The Physiologus in the Context of the Benedictine Reform Part III. The Two Anglo-Saxon Physiologus Versions Chapter 9. The Corpus Physiologus Chapter 10. The Exeter Book Physiologus Conclusion. Reconstructing the History of the Physiologus in Early Medieval England Appendices Appendix 1. Diachronic Chronology of the Physiologus, Related Works, and Manuscripts, with Relevant Works and Cultural Manifestations Appendix 2. Chronology of Manuscripts Containing the three Main Latin Versiones and their Related Texts Appendix 3. The Order of the Chapters of the Laud and the Arras Physiologi, as Compared to Versio Y. Appendix 4. Annotated Edition and Translation of the Corpus Physiologus Appendix 5. Further Manuscript Images of the Physiologus Works Cited Index of Manuscripts Index of Animals, Plants, and Creatures related to the Physiologus General Index‎