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Week 6: Augustinus: De civitate dei.

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The Monster of Ravenna

One of the items included in the New York Academy of Medicine's website, Teratology in Western Medicine Through 1800, is the "Monster of Ravenna" -- you can visit their website for a discussion of this legendary birth in the city of Ravenna in 1512. You can also view a detailed scan of the Aldovrandi depiction.

Ambroise Paré, Des Monstres et prodiges (1573)

image of baby monster of Ravenna

(websource)

Pierre Boaistuau, Histoires prodigieuses (1567)

image of monster of Ravenna

(websource)

Ulisse Aldrovandi, Monstrorum Historia (1658)

image of monster of Ravenna (Aldrovandi)

(websource)

 

 

 

Modern Languages 4970 / MRS 4903: Medieval Latin. Spring 2003 Online Course at the University of Oklahoma. Visit http://www.ou.edu/online/ for more info.
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