The Grand Medieval Bestiary (Dragonet Edition): Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts
Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts
Christian Heck
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ISBN: | 9780789213082 |
Publisher: | Abbeville Press |
Published: | 11 September, 2018 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
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The Grand Medieval Bestiary (Dragonet Edition): Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts
Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts
Christian Heck
Now in an affordable edition, a splendid pageant of the animal kingdom as the Middle Ages saw it As the 587 colorful images in this magnificent volume reveal, animals were a constant--and delightful--presence in illuminated manuscripts throughout the Middle Ages. They were illustrated not only in bestiaries--the compendiums of animal fact and fable that were exceedingly popular in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries--but in every sort of manuscript, sacred and profane, from the Gospels to the Romance of the Rose . This book is arranged in manner of a proper bestiary, with essays on the medieval lore and iconography of one hundred creatures alphabetized by their Latin names, from the alauda , or lark, whose morning song was thought to be a hymn to Creation, to the vultur , whose taste for carrion made it a symbol of the sinner who indulges in worldly pleasures. The selection includes a number of creatures that would now be considered fantastic, including the griffin, the manticore, and of course the fabled unicorn.
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