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The subject of each chapter - in the ancient redaction is a plant or a precious stone or an animal , while the Byzantine recensions concentrate on animals only . ( I will leave aside Latin , Slavonic and other translations , given that ...
The subject of each chapter - in the ancient redaction is a plant or a precious stone or an animal , while the Byzantine recensions concentrate on animals only . ( I will leave aside Latin , Slavonic and other translations , given that ...
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Dama- scenos states that his work deals with any " animal displaying some paradoxical characteristics ” . ... The presentation of these animals does not concentrate primarily and exclusively on anatomy or , say , be- haviour , but on ...
Dama- scenos states that his work deals with any " animal displaying some paradoxical characteristics ” . ... The presentation of these animals does not concentrate primarily and exclusively on anatomy or , say , be- haviour , but on ...
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The theme of animals has required a system since the first book of Moses . God himself did not create all animals in one act , but according to a zoological system . This leads us to a codex dating to the end of the sixteenth century ...
The theme of animals has required a system since the first book of Moses . God himself did not create all animals in one act , but according to a zoological system . This leads us to a codex dating to the end of the sixteenth century ...
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the case of Eleni Vakalo | 1 |
the making of the Modern Greek Physiologos | 23 |
a pioneer in the field of Modern | 47 |
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