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Books : Monsters and Grotesques in Medieval Manuscripts
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Monsters and Grotesques in Medieval Manuscripts by: Alixe Bovey List Price: £7.95 Vegetarian Books Price: £4.26 You Save: £3.69 (46%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 398 EAN: 9780712347457 ISBN: 0712347453 Label: British Library Publishing Division Manufacturer: British Library Publishing Division Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: July 31, 2002 Publisher: British Library Publishing Division Studio: British Library Publishing Division Sales Rank: 52342 Related Items:
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 Rating: - A Bizarre JourneyWelcome to the wonderful world of Dragons, Griffins & Sciopods, with Alixe Bovey's fascinating guide to the extraordinary creatures that inhabit the manuscripts of the Medieval age. From the earnest, bearded beast on the cover, tightly clutching his bow & staff, I was drawn into a world that I never knew existed - it's amazing what an Amazon word search can come up with! Dr Bovey blows away the dust from these ancient texts & shows us how the monks who spent months carefully copying passages from the bible, would also include a menagerie of bizarre beasts within those texts; sometimes featured in graphic depictions of the Devil, consuming lost souls; at other times, just playful little creatures, with one leg & ... Read More: |
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