L’origine de la perle : imaginaire d’une immaculée conception au Moyen Âge et à l’époque moderne
Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton (1) Abstract Among pearl origin myths, one of the most widespread in Western European culture was handed down to us by Pliny the Elder: a shell fertilized by dew would give birth to the pearl. This myth became a topos in the lapidaries and bestiaries of the Middle Ages, as well as in […]