Feeding the Dragon

An Eschatological Motif in Medieval Europe

by Claudia Di SciaccaAndrea Meregalli

This book consists of six original essays concerning two popular eschatological motifs of medieval Europe: the devouring devil, especially in the guise of a dragon, and the zoomorphic mouth of hell, arguably a distinctive English adaptation of the anthropomorphic mouth of hell of classical antiquity.

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  • isbn
    9788855267571
  • publisher
    Ledizioni - LediPublishing
  • publisher place
    Milano
  • rights
    CC-BY-SA