Les informations relatives à la faune du Nord dans le Liber de natura rerum de Thomas de Cantimpré

• Published in: RursuSpicae
• Main Author: Buquet, Thierry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis 2021
• Subjects: Thomas de Cantimpré; Albert le Grand; encyclopédies médiévales; faune arctique; animal; Thomas Cantimpratensis; Albertus Magnus; Mediaeval Encyclopaedias; Arctic Fauna; Animals; archeo; geo; Arctic; Découverte; Arctique*; subarctique*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/rursuspicae.1445; http://journals.openedition.org/rursuspicae/1445

The arctic fauna, very rarely mentioned in Classical texts, is progressively discovered by medieval scholars trough maritime and commercial contacts with Northern peoples. This new information sometimes allows Latin authors to enhance the sketchy data transmitted by Aristoteles, Pliny or Solinus. Th...