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Darrera modificació: 2009-08-04
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Clark, Willene B., A medieval book of beasts: the second-family bestiary. Commentary, art, text and translation, Woodbridge - Rochester, NY, Boydell, 2006, 280 pp. + [49] làm.
- Resum
- The bestiary - a book of animals, both real and mythical - is one of the most interesting and appealing medieval artefacts. The `Second-family' bestiary is the most important and frequently produced version (some 49 known manuscripts exist). Of English origin and predominantly English production, it boasts a spiritual text `modernized' to meet the needs of its time, and features exceptional illustrations. This study addresses the work's purpose and audience, challenging previous assumptions with direct evidence in the manuscripts themselves, linking their use to teachers at the elementary-school level, and exploring the art, the text, and the cultural context for the bestiary. It includes a critical edition and new English translation, and a catalogue raisonné of the 49 manuscripts. Fully illustrated.
WILLENE B. CLARK is Professor of Art History Emerita at Marlboro College, Vermont.
Contents:
* Bestiary history; cultural setting
* The Text, an overview
* The Text, details
* The Illustrations, an overview
* The Illustrations in significant manuscripts
* The Manuscripts: origins, owners, codicology; general audience
* Past Assumptions
* New evidence and specific audience
* Decline of the Latin bestiaries
- Matèries
- Doctrina moral - Bestiari
Història natural - Animals
Recepció
Història de l'art
Il·lustracions
- Notes
- Fitxa de l'editor: http://www.boydell.co.uk/51156827.HTM
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