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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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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kay, Sarah, author.
Contributor:
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
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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