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
Subjects:	Hagiography Eustachius (Eustathius) Placidas Stag Iconoclasm Conversion
Online Access:	https://riviste.unimi.it/interfaces/article/view/9540

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spelling	doaj-5132b3090ec4426e94d6f23bdd9a4b542020-11-25T02:10:44ZdeuUniversity of MilanInterfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures2421-55032018-12-0105314810.13130/interfaces-05-049520A Staggering Vision: The Mediating Animal in the Textual Tradition of Saint EustachiusElke Koch0Freie Universitaet BerlinThe 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 human. The paper analyses the discourse on animals in the vulgate version of the passion of Eustachius. It shows how the representation of the stag differs between redactions of the story, outlines the alternative readings of the vision episode suggested by this textual variance, and points out their relation to different contexts.https://riviste.unimi.it/interfaces/article/view/9540HagiographyEustachius (Eustathius)PlacidasStagIconoclasmConversion
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title	A Staggering Vision: The Mediating Animal in the Textual Tradition of Saint Eustachius
title_short	A Staggering Vision: The Mediating Animal in the Textual Tradition of Saint Eustachius
title_full	A Staggering Vision: The Mediating Animal in the Textual Tradition of Saint Eustachius
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publisher	University of Milan
series	Interfaces: A Journal of Medieval European Literatures
issn	2421-5503
publishDate	2018-12-01
description	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 human. The paper analyses the discourse on animals in the vulgate version of the passion of Eustachius. It shows how the representation of the stag differs between redactions of the story, outlines the alternative readings of the vision episode suggested by this textual variance, and points out their relation to different contexts.
topic	Hagiography Eustachius (Eustathius) Placidas Stag Iconoclasm Conversion
url	https://riviste.unimi.it/interfaces/article/view/9540
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A Staggering Vision: The Mediating Animal in the Textual Tradition of Saint Eustachius

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