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Mythologies du porc. Actes du colloque de Saint-Antoine l'Abbaye (Isère), 4 et 5 avril 1998 by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 19:00

De la fondation de Carthage à celle de Lusignan: "engin" de femmes vs prouesse des hommes by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:58: Traite le motif de la peau d'animal.

Recueil général des Isopets. 4 : Les "Fables" d'Eude de Cheriton by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:56

The knight of the werewolf: Bisclavret and the shape-shifting metaphor by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:55: Interprets this work as a symbol of a very topical and specific situation in Marie de France's time. The dangerous position of the knight threatens to blur the distinction between animal and human behaviour in the social realm; like the menacing werewolf in the woods, the knight is capable of doing much harm and Marie's metaphor demonstrates the danger.

What the partridge told the eagle: a neglected Arabic source on Chinggis Khan and the early history of the Mongols by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:54: Examines a passage in Ibn ‘Arabshāh's Fākihat al-Khulafā' wa Mufākahāt al-Zurafā' (a mirror for princes disguised as animal fables) which discusses the rise of the Mongols and the history of Jinghiz Khan.

Exemplum et similitudo: natural law in the Manciple's Tale and the Squire's Tale by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:51: Furthers the understanding of the usage of animal exempla by Chaucer and Jean de Meun(g), Gower and Langland by referring to the Aristotelian theory of natural law.

Een nieuwe benadering van de Reinaert by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:49: Approaches the MDu Reynard material from ethnological and anthropological perspectives, detecting parallels with animal mythology in other cultures. Reprinted from De nieuw taalgids 65(1972):241-256.

Some dynamics of story-telling: animals in the early lives of St Cuthbert by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:48: Examines the changes made by Bede to these animal stories in the prose and verse versions of his life of Cuthbert compared to his anonymous source, particularly the story of the otters which attended Cuthbert after his night vigil in the sea.

Quand l'homme se fait animal deux cas de métamorphose chez Marie de France: Yonec et Bisclavret by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:47

Cultural symbols in translation: animal lore in late English and Scottish poetry by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:44: Compares the use of animal imagery in Chaucer (especially the Canterbury Tales and the Parliament of Fowls) and Robert Henryson's Morall Fabillis, arguing that Chaucer uses animals as codes with which to express ideas, while Henryson limits himself to an allegorical interpretation of animals.

"Of ghi yet wilt spreect ieghen mi in Dietsche dat ict mach verstaen." Welke taal sprak Reynaert? by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:41: Comments on the information given by the author Willem in his animal epos about trilingualism in Flanders as well as about the differences between spoken and written contemporary language in various areas.

Albur, congrio nin morena: acerca del léxico animal en el Cancionero de Baena by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:41

Paysages sonores du moyen âge. Le versant épistémologique by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:39

“Venus magistra vitae”: sull'antropologia iconografica del Decameron by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:35: Examines the presentation of the animal and rational natures of humans and godly figures in the Decameron.

Les mutacions des fables. Figures de la métamorphose dans la littérature française du Moyen Âge by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:32

Proceso de formación del bestiario medieval by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:31: Se sintetiza el origen y proceso de formación de los distintos bestiarios medievales que permitieron descubrir los secretos de la vida animal.

Chaucer's Squire's Tale: animal discourse, women, and subjectivity by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:30: Discusses Chaucer's experimentation with voices in this tale, considering how Chaucer's masculine subjectivity enters into feminised animal subjectivity and how non-human discourse and authorial glossing intertwine with magic.

L'onagre dans le Diwān d'al-Ahṭal by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:26: Examines the use of this animal in al-Ahṭal's poetry. With text and translation of poem 11.

Idols and simulacra: paganity, hybridity and representation in Mandeville's Travels by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:24: Examines Mandeville's description and representation of animal hybrids, both artefacts and living beings.

Apocalyptic monsters: animal inspirations for the iconography of medieval north European devourers by Bibuser, last updated: 2010-12-05 18:23: Examines the changing functions of bestial monstrosity, using the wolves in Snorri Sturluson's Edda, the carved doorway of the church of Kilpeck, Simon Marmion's illuminations of the Vision of Tundale, and the works of Hieronymus Bosch as case-studies.

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