Italy: why no squirrels in Italy? My wife claims she saw a squirrel; I saw none. The Siena natural history museum tells me they are…
Here’s a post in the classic mode of 2007 brand Karl: a reading of an animals text, in this case, of a modern classic, namely,…
I’ve been on the hunt, seeking images of the story of Nicholas and the Three Clerks. Most show–yawn–the resurrection; some show the moment before the…
Briefly, two points from medieval English Law. From Bracton (13th century), from a section on “What wreck is; and concerning great fish, that is, sturgeon…
ITM fans, a research bleg: you’re familiar with the medieval commonplace that the bipedal human form is both evidence of human reason and a reminder…
You may be familiar with the ending of the romance of Bevis of Hampton, which sees the–SPOILER ALERT! IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE…
As a lingering flu drags me through the weekend, I offer you a brief story, which involves some ongoing themes of ITM: animals; disability; and…
The sixth-century Grammarian Priscian defined “vox” as “aerem tenuissimum ictum vel suum sensibile aurium” (air very subtly struck or its sensible effect on the ears),…
Despite Bell’s claims not to be writing an academic book, this anthology is a work of astonishing erudition, at least to this scholar, whose language…
FB Tony Perkins introduced me recently to the following poem: I wished for death often but now that I am at its door I have…
