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Animal skins and the reading self in medieval Latin and French bestiaries / Sarah Kay.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PA8275.B4 Z59 2017
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LIBRA PA8275.B4 Z59 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kay, Sarah, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bestiaries--History and criticism.
- Bestiaries.
- Manuscripts, Medieval.
- Parchment.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
- Books and reading--History--To 1500.
- Books and reading.
- Animals in literature.
- Animals, Mythical, in literature.
- Animals in art.
- Animals, Mythical, in art.
- Human-animal relationships.
- History.
- Local Subjects:
- 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.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 203 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226436739
- 022643673X
- OCLC:
- 952470587
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