Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders Manuscripts

Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders ManuscriptsMedieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders explores the abiding fascination with monsters and the enduring power and influence that they have had throughout the history of Western civilization. Their visualization in the art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance served as a way to define them and thereby control the unknown. This new volume features over ninety illustrations from sumptuously decorated manuscripts, presenting a glorious array of monsters

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A royal thirteenth-century Breviary made for a French queen to use in the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris is fully reproduced

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ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success as a scribe in Paris when his foster father

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