Zoologie et philologie dans les grands traités ichtyologiques renaissants

Basing his study on the greatest treatises in ichthyology of latest medieval times and beginning of Renaissance (Hortus sanitatis and works of Paolo Giovio, Petrus Gyllius, Pierre Belon, Edward Wotton, Ippolito Salviani, Guillaume Rondelet, Olaus Magnus, Conrad Gesner...

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Main Author: Arnaud Zucker
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Presses universitaires de Caen 2013-10-01
Series:Kentron
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/kentron/702
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description Basing his study on the greatest treatises in ichthyology of latest medieval times and beginning of Renaissance (Hortus sanitatis and works of Paolo Giovio, Petrus Gyllius, Pierre Belon, Edward Wotton, Ippolito Salviani, Guillaume Rondelet, Olaus Magnus, Conrad Gesner), the author intends to show the great changes that happened between 1491 and 1556. Firstly, the author tries to observe what are the main classes in animal knowledge; based on Aristotle’s works, they are generally mixed up: in Middle Ages, scholars divide the informations between natura and operationes, whereas at the beginning of Renaissance they resort to a list of several distinctive features for each animal (food, housing, reproduction…). Secondly it is noted that each author’s scientific project depends on two main aspects: the way the author considers animal nature and the way he uses his sources. Thirdly, a few methodological changes can be noticed: the main place given to observation (and, consequently, to realistic representations) and the introduction of vernacular terms. Finally, if we can observe a real rupture in this period, we can nevertheless see that Gesner, the youngest ichthyologist, is also, regarding his methods, the most “medieval” scholar.
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spellingShingle Arnaud Zucker
Zoologie et philologie dans les grands traités ichtyologiques renaissants
Kentron
Hortus sanitatis
ichthyology
Renaissance
philology
zoology
epistemology
title Zoologie et philologie dans les grands traités ichtyologiques renaissants
title_full Zoologie et philologie dans les grands traités ichtyologiques renaissants
title_fullStr Zoologie et philologie dans les grands traités ichtyologiques renaissants
title_full_unstemmed Zoologie et philologie dans les grands traités ichtyologiques renaissants
title_short Zoologie et philologie dans les grands traités ichtyologiques renaissants
title_sort zoologie et philologie dans les grands traites ichtyologiques renaissants
topic Hortus sanitatis
ichthyology
Renaissance
philology
zoology
epistemology
url http://journals.openedition.org/kentron/702
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