| name |
| Vision of Adamnán |
| Vision of Ailsi |
| Vision of Alberic |
| Vision of Ansellus Scholasticus |
| Vision of St Ansgar |
| Vision of Baldarius |
| Vision of Barontus |
| Vision of Bernoldus |
| Vision of Bonellus |
| Vision of Boso of Durham |
| Vision of the Boy William |
| Voyage of St Brendan |
| Vision of Charles the Fat |
| Vision of Christina Mirabilis |
| Vision of Drythelm |
| Vision of an English Novice |
| Vision of an English Presbyter |
| Vision of Ezra |
| Vision of Furseus |
| Vision of a German Count |
| Vision of Gottschalk |
Dialogues of Gregory the Great
|
| Vision of Guibert of Nogent’s Mother |
| Vision of Gunthelm |
| Vision of Heriger |
| Vision of John, Monk of St Lawrence |
| Vision of Laisrén |
| Vision of Lazarus |
| Vision of Leofric |
| Vision of Marguerite d’Oingt |
| Vision of Maximus |
| Vision of Merlino |
| Vision of the Monk of Bernicia |
| Vision of the Monk of Evesham |
| Vision of the Monk of Melrose |
| Vision of the Monk of Wenlock |
| Vision of Olav Aesteson |
| Vision of Orm |
Vision Book of Otloh of Emmeran
|
Purgatory of St Patrick
|
| Vision of St Paul |
| Vision of a Poor Woman |
| Vision of Rotcharius |
| Vision of St Sadalberga |
| Vision of Salvius |
| Vision of Stephanus de Marusiaco’s Father |
| Vision of Sunniulf |
| Vision of Thurkill |
| Vision of Tundale |
| Revelation of Purgatory by an Unknown Fifteenth-Century Woman |
| Vision of Walkelin |
| Vision of Wetti |
| Vision of a Woman |
Here is a not particularly helpful analysis of the frequency of appearance of
various types of beast (bear in mind that Gardiner limits herself to executive
vision summaries):
| beast | number of the beast |
| angel | 23 |
| adder, dragon, lizard, serpent, snake, viper, worm | 7 |
| bull, calf, cow | 7 |
| demon | 7 |
| ass, donkey, horse, mare, mule | 2 |
| dog | 2 |
| dove, pigeon | 1 |
| cat | 1 |
| camel | 0 |
| beetle, cockroach, fly, insect, mosquito | 0 |
| boar, pig, swine | 0 |
| chicken, cock, hen | 0 |
| deer, hart, hind, stag | 0 |
| eagle | 0 |
| fox | 0 |
| frog, toad | 0 |
| goat | 0 |
| lamb, ram, sheep | 0 |
| lion, tiger | 0 |
| mouse, rat | 0 |
| scorpion | 0 |
This relative lack of biodiversity also characterises much of the infernal Languedocian
etc etc mediaeval literature I have read, including Inquisition records. I don’t
know, but I would like to, whether this means that hellish zoomorphs had been
successfully purged from popular religion in, say, the Provençal cultural
zone by, for example, the C14th, or whether this was just the case in written
sources.
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The dog/cat ratio is interesting. W.E. Farbstein wrote: The dog is mentioned in the Bible eighteen times—the cat not even once.