The Mark of the Beast

The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-92894-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 304 g

Reihe: Garland Library of Medieval Literature

The medieval bestiary was a contribution to didactic religious literature, addressing concerns central to all walks of Christian and secular life. These essays analyze the bestiary from both literary and art historical perspectives, exploring issues including kinship, romance, sex, death, and the afterlife.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hassig, Debra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Byzantinisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Frühchristliche, byzantinische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments, Introduction, Abbreviations, Figures A-k, Part 1.Social Realities, The Lion, Bloodline, and Kinship Margaret Haist, Misericord Owls and Medieval Anti-Semitism Mariko Miyzkazi, Part 2. Mortal Lessons, Bestiary Lessons on Pride and Lust Carmen Brown, Sex and the Bestiaries Debbra Hassig, The Phoenix and the Resurrection Valerie Jones, Part 3. Classical Inheritances, Did Imaginary Animals Exist Pamela Gravestock, Classical Ideology in the Medieval Bestiary J. Holli Wheatcroft, Part 4. Reading Beasts, Taboos and the Noly on Bodley 764 Alison Syme, Silences' Beasts Michelle Bolduc, Appendix: List of Bestiary and Physiologus Manuscripts, Contributors, Index of Creatures

Über Autor(innen)

Debra Hassig Ph.D. is a Reader at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh