A Staggering Vision: The Mediating Animal in the Textual Tradition of Saint Eustachius

The paper concentrates on the story of St. Eustachius and discusses the famous episode in which the protagonist is led to conversion through an epiphanic encounter with a stag. This episode, known as Eustachius' vision, highlights the semiotic polyvalence of the animal mediating between God and...

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Main Author: Elke Koch
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Milan 2018-12-01
Series:Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/interfaces/article/view/9540