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Research project / 2024–2028

Beyond the Sacred

Conceptions of Nature in Byzantium (4th–15th c.)

National Science Centre, Poland · OPUS
UMO-2023/49/B/HS2/01572

Twenty-four painted birds arranged in a grid in the Vienna Dioscurides manuscript
Birds from the Vienna DioscuridesÖsterreichische Nationalbibliothek
Cod. med. gr. 1, fol. 483v
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Team

Principal Investigator

Przemysław Marciniak

University of Silesia in Katowice

Byzantine literature and culture, human–animal relationships, and the natural world.

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Project collaborator

Ryan Denson

University of Silesia in Katowice

Folklore, imaginary animals and conceptions of the natural environment in the ancient and Byzantine worlds.

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Project collaborator

Max Ritter

University of Silesia in Katowice

Byzantine conceptions of nature, with a particular focus on marine environments.

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