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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 pages 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 readable text explains the meaning of these monsters and their place in medieval art.Product Identifiers
PublisherBritish Library Publishing
ISBN-139780712347457
eBay Product ID (ePID)89254425
Product Key Features
SubjectMythology
Publication Year2002
Number of Pages64 Pages
Publication NameMonsters and Grotesques in Medieval Manuscripts
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlixe Bovey
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height246 mm
Item Width176 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAlixe Bovey
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