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Monsters and Grotesques in Medieval Manuscripts - Couverture souple

Bovey, Alixe

 
9780802085122: Monsters and Grotesques in Medieval Manuscripts
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0802085121 ISBN 13 : 9780802085122
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2002

Synopsis

The margins of medieval manuscripts teem with sirens, satyrs, griffins, unicorns, dragons and other bizarre creatures. Commonplace animals are twisted together in impossible combinations, and human bodies are merged with animal forms in ways that are often both comic and ghastly. Images of these monstrosities pervade art and culture in the Middle Ages, and for medieval people they must have been a tantalizing suggestion of unknown worlds and unthinkable dangers. But what were they doing there? Were they meaningless distractions, or did these strange beasts have other symbolic meanings? Alixe Bovey's thoroughly readable text explains the meaning of these monsters and their place in medieval art.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alixe Bovey is Curator for the Survey of Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0802085121
ISBN 13 
9780802085122
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
277
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