Schott, G. (English spelling) SchottG

Japanese: Schott,G.(英語表記)SchottG
Schott, G. (English spelling) SchottG

…Lycosthenes’ Chronicles of Omens and Demonstrations (1557) explored the relationship between the birth of monsters and strange events, and Luther and Melanchthon used this in religious disputes, inventing a fictitious deformity called the “Papal Ass” and publicizing it as a sign of the collapse of Roman Catholicism. However, with the rise of true biology, researchers began to see monsters and deformities as mysterious natural phenomena, and works such as Gesner’s History of Animals (1551-58), Paré’s On Monsters and Deformities (1573), and Schott’s Wonders of Nature (1662) appeared. In their works, the monstrous monsters of Pliny’s style had almost completely disappeared, but griffins, dragons, and mermaids remained as real creatures. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Schott, G." is listed below.

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Japanese:

…リュコステネスC.Lycosthenesの《異兆と証された年代記》(1557)は怪物誕生と異変の関係を探り,ルターとメランヒトンはこれを宗教論争に利用して〈教皇ロバ〉なる架空の奇形をでっちあげ,ローマ・カトリック崩壊の予兆と喧伝した。しかし真の意味での生物学が勃興すると,怪物や奇形を自然現象の神秘と見る研究者が現れ,ゲスナー《動物誌》(1551‐58),パレ《怪物と奇形について》(1573),ショットG.Schott《自然の奇異》(1662)などの著作が現れた。彼らの著作では,途方もないプリニウス流の怪物はほぼ姿を消しているが,それでもグリフォンやドラゴン,人魚などは実在の生物として残った。…

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