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Author:

Kay, Sarah, author.

Title:

Animal skins and the reading self in medieval Latin and French bestiaries / Sarah Kay.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xv, 203 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Subject:

Bestiaries--History and criticism.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Parchment.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
Books and reading--History--To 1500.
Animals in literature.
Animals, Mythical, in literature.
Animals in art.
Animals, Mythical, in art.
Human-animal relationships.
Animals in art.
Animals in literature.
Animals, Mythical, in art.
Animals, Mythical, in literature.
Bestiaries.
Books and reading.
Human-animal relationships.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Parchment.
Animals in art.
Animals in literature.
Animals, Mythical, in art.
Animals, Mythical, in literature.
Bestiaries.
Books and reading.
Human-animal relationships.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Parchment.
To 1500
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: skin, suture, and caesura -- Book, word, page -- Garments of skin -- Orifices and the library -- Cutting the skin: sacrifice, sovereignty, and the space of exception -- The riddle of recognition -- Skin, the inner senses, and the soul as "inner life" -- Conclusion: reading bestiaries.

ISBN:

022643673X
9780226436739

OCLC:

(OCoLC)952470587

LCCN:

2016029267

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)