Aristotle's carp as Claretus' bird comor? Tracing the origin of one medieval term

0461484 - FLÚ 2017 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Šedinová, Hana
Aristotle's carp as Claretus' bird comor? Tracing the origin of one medieval term.
Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Philologica.. -, č. 2 (2016), s. 111-123. ISSN 0567-8269
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Keywords : ancient and medieval zoology * Latin lexicography * Aristoteles * Aristoteles Latinus * Michael Scotus * Thomas of Cantimpré * Claretus * carp * komor * comor
Subject RIV: AI - Linguistics
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The research of medieval reception of Aristotle's knowledge of zoology confirmed that on the way through the Arabic and Latin translation to mediaeval encyclopaedias Aristotle's treatises underwent both large and small alterations in both names and descriptions of animals. Sometimes medieval authors interpreted their models so incorrectly that endowed the original animal not only with a new name but also with new features of appearance and patterns of behaviour. While consulting the Latin translation of Aristotle's treatise Historia animalium and his description of the carp Thomas of Cantimpré did not comprehend that the animal was a fish and he put it under an altered name komor to the book on birds. Thomas' term then appears in a slightly different form comor in Czech medieval sources.
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