The danse macabre of women : ms. fr. 995 of the Bibliothèque nationale / edited by Ann Tukey Harrison ; with a chapter by Sandra L. Hindman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrison, Ann Tukey, 1938-

Hindman, Sandra, 1944-

Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Standardized Title:

Danse macabre des femmes. English & French (Old French)

Language:

English

French, Old (ca. 842-1300)

Subjects (All):

Dialogues, French--Translations into English.

Dialogues, French.

Women--Poetry.

Women.

Death--Poetry.

Death.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

x, 162 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 1994.

Summary:

This 15th-century French poem in a lavishly illuminated late medieval manuscript is the only Dance of Death devoted entirely to women. Each of the 36 women depicted is the focus of two short poems written in exchange form (Death calls and the victim replies) accompanied by an illumination (or miniature). Included are reproductions of the manuscript folios -- five in full-color -- and a transliteration and translation of the text into English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0873384733

OCLC:

27382819