1st Edition
The Mark of the Beast The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature
Edited By Debra Hassig
Copyright 1999
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
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
Biography
Debra Hassig Ph.D. is a Reader at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh
