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  1. The grand medieval bestiary
    animals in illuminated manuscripts
    Author: Cordonnier, Rémy
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Abbeville Press Publishers, New York

    "The Grand Medieval Bestiary: Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts is a splendid pageant of the animal kingdom as the Middle Ages saw it, illustrated with miniatures of every period and style, many never before published. Noted art historian Christian... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt / Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt
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    AM 53600 T564 H44
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    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
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    B/186043
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    Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Medien- und Informationszentrum, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Ku 240.009
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    "The Grand Medieval Bestiary: Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts is a splendid pageant of the animal kingdom as the Middle Ages saw it, illustrated with miniatures of every period and style, many never before published. Noted art historian Christian Heck explains that the prevalence of animals in illuminated manuscripts reflects their importance in medieval thought, an importance due in part to the agricultural society of that age, in which a variety of species--and not just docile pets--were the daily companions of man. The main part of the book explores the complex and fascinating iconography of the individual creatures most frequently depicted by medieval miniaturists. It is arranged in the manner of a proper bestiary, with essays on one hundred animals alphabetized by their Latin names. The selection includes a number of creatures that would now be considered fantastic, including the griffin, the manticore, and of course the fabled unicorn, tamable only by a gentle maiden"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Heck, Christian (VerfasserIn einer Einleitung, VerfasserIn eines Vorworts)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0789213087; 9780789213082
    Edition: Dragonet edition
    Subjects: Animals in art; Animals, Mythical, in art; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
    Scope: 619 Seiten, Faksimiles
  2. The Grand Medieval Bestiary
    animals in Illuminated manuscripts
    Author: Cordonnier, Rémy
    Published: © 2012; 2018
    Publisher:  Abbeville Press Publishers, New York

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Heck, Christian (Verfasser einer Einleitung, Verfasser von Zusatztexten)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780789213082; 0789213087
    Edition: Dragonet edition
    Subjects: Tiere <Motiv>; Illuminierte Handschrift
    Other subjects: (lcsh)Animals in art.; (lcsh)Animals, Mythical, in art.; (lcsh)Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Themes, motives.; (fast)Animals in art.; (fast)Animals, Mythical, in art.; (fast)Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--Themes, motives.
    Scope: 619 Seiten, 32 cm
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    Im Impressum: "Christian Heck is the author of the introduction and the first five chapters of this work. Rémy Cordonnier wrote the catalog of one hundred animals"