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04684aam a2200409 i 4500 001 17DB5256253111EE91433F782CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230718010455 008 210422t20212021enka b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2021391359 020 $a 0712354603 020 $a 9780712354608 035 $a (OCoLC)1263804615 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d OCLCF $d QGK $d OCLCO $d DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d MNN $d JNA $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a PN671 $b .W47 2021 082 04 $a 398.2 $2 23 100 1 $a Westwell, Chantry, $e author. 245 10 $a Dragons, heroes, myths & magic : $b the medieval art of storytelling / $c Chantry Westwell. 246 3 $a Dragons, heroes, myths and magic 264 1 $a London : $b British Library, $c 2021. 300 $a 384 pages : $b illustrations (color) ; $c 25 cm 520 8 $a 'Dragons, Heroes, Myths & Magic' presents fifty of the very first adventure stories, set out across seven sections, featuring Heroes and Heroines; Epic Battles; Magical Events and Miracles; Villains, Crime and Murder; Quests or Journeys; Animals; and Love Stories. Ranging from long and complex epics developed around historical figures including Charlemagne, King Arthur and Alexander the Great, to smaller, vibrant tales absorbing local characters on the periphery. Marvellously varied, surprising and enlightening, and featuring both the stories and art behind Merlin, Christine de Pisan, Sir Gawain, Renard the Fox, Dante and Beatrice, the Odyssey, Saint Brendon and Tristan and Isolde, this book provides an intimate insight into the medieval mind. Chantry Westwell has used her profound knowledge of the British Library's illuminated manuscript collections to explore some of literature's most celebrated stories, together with the deep history of the books and chronicles in which they were first preserved. Presented alongside them in full colour are some of the most exquisite examples of art to survive from the 8th to the 16th centuries: works of supreme beauty inspired by the stories. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-375) and index. 505 0 $a Heroes & Heroines. Guy of Warwick, a very English hero ; Saint Margaret of Antioch: Demons & dragons ; Hercules, from demi-god to constellation ; Queens of the Amazons: Hippolyta, Penthesilea, & Thalestris ; King Arthur & the wonders of Camelot ; Christine de Pisan, builder of a feminist city ; Judith, pious beauty or femme fatale? -- Epic battles. The Trojan War: Battles of gods & med ; King David, warrior & musician ; Charlemange's battles: From Roncevaux to Aspremont ; William of Orange, Duke of the short nose ; The crusades: Stories of deeds in lands across the sea ; Armageddon & battles of the apocalypse -- Magical events & miracles. Sir Gawain & the Green Knight ; Perceforest, or the ancient chronicles of England ; Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan ; Melusine, fish-tailed fairy & noble ancestor ; The three living & the three dead -- Villains, crimes & murder. Medea: Witch, lover, & murderer ; Ugolino & the damned in Dante's Hell ; The seven sages of Rome (or the wicked ways of women) ; A family saga of Rome, Jerusalem, & Constantinople ; The murderous founders of Britain: Albina, great big giants & Brutus -- Quests & journeys. Alexander the Great: King of the world ; The Odyssey, a long voyage home ; Sir Galahad & the quest for the Holy Grail ; The voyage of Saint Brendan; A journey to paradise & back ; Sir John Mandeville: An armchair explorer? -- Animal stories. Renard the Fox, trickster extraordinaire ;The dragon versus Saint George ;The lion: Symbol of royalty & resurrection ; Beasts of the apocalypse, forces of darkness ; Elephants: Moving medieval fortresses ; The unicorn, creature of power & purity -- Love stories. Divine love: Dante & Beatrice ; Dido, queen of Carthage & Aeneas, founder of Rome ; Tristan & Iseult: A dangerous love potion ; Troy's ill-fated lovers, Troilus & Criseyde ; Roman de la Rose, love as allegory ; Courtly love: Guinevere & Lancelot. 650 0 $a Folklore. 650 0 $a Storytelling. 650 0 $a Literature, Medieval. 650 0 $a Literature, Medieval $v Stories, plots, etc. 650 0 $a Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. 650 7 $a Folklore. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00930306 650 7 $a Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00967326 650 7 $a Literature, Medieval. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000151 650 7 $a Storytelling. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01134169 655 7 $a Stories, plots, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423908 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012410.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=17DB5256253111EE91433F782CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search