Bestiaries and Their Users in the Middle Ages

Baxter, Ron

ISBN 10: 0750918535 / ISBN 13: 9780750918534

Published by Sutton Publishing / Courtauld Institute, 1998

About this Item

VG First Edition, first printing in a VG unclipped DJ, inscribed and signed by the author to the fep.1998. xiv, 242pp. B&W and colour illustrations. "Challenging the prevailing view that they are keys to the iconography of contemporary sculpture or early attempts at zoology, art historian Baxter takes a completely fresh approach to the collections of illustrations depicting and texts describing real and mythical animals and plants.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bestiaries and Their Users in the Middle Ages
• Publisher: Sutton Publishing / Courtauld Institute
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750918535
• ISBN 13: 9780750918534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

A glimpse at bestiaries. The author applies modern narrative theory to their texts and images to reveal the messages encoded in them. This book should be of interest to students of art history, mediaeval history, or mediaeval studies and to anyone fascinated by the mysteries of mediaeval art.

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Bestiaries And Their Users In The Middle Ages