[Taxacom] Fwd: Knight v Snail

[Michael Heads]

In early Christian art the snail symbolised sloth, one of the seven deadly
sins (because it made no effort to find food but simply ate what was at
hand - mud) (Ferguson 1954. Signs and symbols in Christian art. OUP).


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Geoffrey Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

>
> The pundits are stumped but tried hard. Maybe some vivid symbolic meaning
> that snails represented back then is now lost.  Cute little pics though.
>
> G
>
> On Thu, October 24, 2013 5:52 pm, Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> > Perhaps it is just because a snail is a slug wearing armour!
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz>
> > To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> > Sent: Thursday, 24 October 2013 5:44 PM
> > Subject: [Taxacom] Knight v Snail
> >
> >
> > How odd.  Strange appearances of snail cartoons in the 13-14th century.
> >
> >
> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/09/knight-v-snail.html
>
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