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Altdeutsche Physiologus

Edited by Karl Victor Müllenhoff & Wilhelm Scherer

Denkmäller deutscher poesie und prosa aus dem VIII.-XII. jahrhundert
Weidmann, Berlin,1872, page 262-266
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The Altdeutsche Physiologus is an Old High German version of the Physiologus. It has 12 chapters, describing the lion, panther, unicorn, hydrus, onocentaur, hyena, onager, elephant, antelope, sawfish, viper and lizard.

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The print edition of this text was published in Berlin in 1892; the digital edition was created from the original in 2025 by David Badke. The original print edition edited by Karl Victor Müllenhoff and Wilhelm Scherer (1892) is believed to be in the public domain.

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