animal
Sloth
Sloth as an animal people have named and used. Slow wisdom, canopy calm, unhurried — one living kind, not a single symbol.
Sloth is historically related to Wool.
In Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, Sloth is placed beside Wool as concrete shop companions.
from Arnold James Cooley · Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts, 6th ed. (PD; Gutenberg #39733 / #41957)
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Sloth is associated with Diligence.
In Theophilus’s Divers Arts, through the spirit of perseverance you shake off all lethargy of sloth, and whatever with quick diligence you commence you carry through — sloth is cast off so diligence can commence the work.
from Theophilus Presbyter · On Divers Arts, c. early 12th century
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Sloth is associated with Perseverance.
In Theophilus’s Divers Arts, through the spirit of perseverance you shake off all lethargy of sloth, and with quick diligence carry work through to completion — perseverance casts off that sloth.
from Theophilus Presbyter · On Divers Arts, c. early 12th century
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sources
- Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts · Arnold James Cooley
Arnold James Cooley, Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts (6th ed.).
- On Divers Arts · Theophilus Presbyter
Theophilus, On Divers Arts (De diversis artibus / Schedula diversarum artium).