Hic abundant leones. Uomo e natura nei testi mediolatini e romanzi

The volume Hic abundant leones. Uomo e natura nei testi mediolatini e romanzi brings together the papers discussed during the five sessions of the Conference organised by the PhD students of Filologia e Critica at the University of Siena on 27 and 28 September 2023, with the purpose of creating a dialogue between Middle Latin and Romance philologies. The collected papers are organized into five sections, following a chronological structure based on the authors and works analyzed, with each section addressing different cultural and thematic issues. In this volume, nature is examined through various lenses: its fundamental elements – Per litteram –, its literary depictions – Per allegoriam –, its exotic aspects – Oriens ultime, noster eris –, the description of its pitfalls – Loca dira arcesque nefandae –, and its relationship with humanity in urban settings – Urbs antiqua fuit.