Of all the creatures to roam the medieval and early modern imagination one above all others epitomised the wilderness in which it lived; representing the untamed world beyond both physical space and social conformity: the woodwose, or wild man.
Thank you very much for signing up to our new and (we very much hope) fun project to translate and then update the earliest medieval Latin prose bestiary. Your help will be invaluable in allowing us to spread these wonderful (and occasionally bizarre) stories about Medieval Animals and the task is a core part of the Medieval Animals Heritage in East Kent project. Thank you for joining us.
A beautiful animation by Eleanor Smith (University of Westminster) for our Medieval Animals and Textus 900 celebrations at Rochester Cathedral. https://www.medievalanimals.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Untitled-Textus-Exhibition-Made-with-Clipchamp-1.mp4
It is through the work by J. K. Rowling that most people now have an idea about the basilisk today. She is famously quoted describing the beast, ‘…Its methods of killing are more wonderous, for aside from its deadly and venomous fangs, the Basilisk has a murderous stare and all who are fixed with the beam of its eye shall suffer instant death…’ (Rowling, 1998).
Thank you very much for signing up to our new and (we very much hope) fun project to translate and then update the earliest medieval Latin prose bestiary. Your help will be invaluable in allowing us to spread these wonderful (and occasionally bizarre) stories about Medieval Animals and the task is a core part of the Medieval Animals Heritage in East Kent project. Thank you for joining us.
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