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750–950: The Carolingians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2024

Ellen F. Arnold
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Ohio State University
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Here the artist has drawn a crowded and vivid riverscape, teeming with fish and serpents and dragons. The riverbanks are full of vegetation; animals, birds, and men stand alongside the river, looking up to God in the heavens. The animals include mundane cattle and deer alongside more spectacular elephants and lions. The imagined worlds of Biblical creation could both intersect and run counter to the lived worlds of the European lived environments.

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Medieval Riverscapes
Environment and Memory in Northwest Europe, c. 300–1100
, pp. 136 - 139
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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