Image on the Edge
The Margins of Medieval Art
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176 pages
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13 color plates, 73 halftones
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6 x 9
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Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Making Margins
2. In the Margins of the Monastery
3. In the Margins of the Cathedral
4. In the Margins of the Court
5. In the Margins of the City
6. The End of the Edge
References
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Making Margins
2. In the Margins of the Monastery
3. In the Margins of the Cathedral
4. In the Margins of the Court
5. In the Margins of the City
6. The End of the Edge
References
Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Review Quotes
Times Higher Education
“A handsome, entertaining account of the peculiar fashion for grotesque, obscene, and humorous presences on the margins of medieval illuminated manuscripts.”
Art Newspaper
“Looking at medieval manuscripts more and more closely, peering with pleasure into the borders of bunnies and monkeys, whether we seek deliberate smut or idle whimsy, it makes Image on the Edge well worth reading. It is an entirely diverting and unusual book.”
Burlington Magazine
“If the study of medieval art is not to remain an esoteric and elitist discipline then more books like this must be written.”
Oxford Art Journal
“Camille’s polymathic essays undoubtedly will provoke such studies and will expand the field of questions we ask . . . and in this he will have made a valuable contribution.”
Yorkshire Gazette and Herald
"This is an interesting book that will make the reader examine manuscripts and sculpture more carefully and understand the Middle Ages more comprehensively. . . . It is a book that will broaden your idea of medieval art in an enjoyable way."
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