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The mark of the beast : the medieval bestiary in art, life, and literature / edited by Debra Hassig.

Strickland, Debra Higgs, 1958-
1999
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Title
The mark of the beast : the medieval bestiary in art, life, and literature / edited by Debra Hassig.
Created/published
New York : Garland Pub., 1999.
Description
xxi, 219 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Associated name
Strickland, Debra Higgs, 1958-
Series statement
Garland medieval casebooks ; v. 22
Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 2076
Note
The phoenix and the resurrection / Valerie Jones -- Did imaginary animals exist? / Pamela Gravestock -- Classical ideology in the medieval bestiary / J. Holli Wheatcroft -- Taboos and the holy in Bodley 764 / Alison Syme -- Silences's beasts / Michelle Bolduc.
Bibliography, etc.
"List of bestiary and physiologus manuscripts": p. [211]-213.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The lion, bloodline, and kingship / Margaret Haist
Misericord owls and medieval anti-semitism / Mariko Miyazaki
Bestiary lessons on pride and lust / Carmen Brown
Sex in the bestiaries / Debra Hassig
The phoenix and the resurrection / Valerie Jones
Did imaginary animals exist? / Pamela Gravestock
Classical ideology in the medieval bestiary / J. Holli Wheatcroft
Taboos and the holy in Bodley 764 / Alison Syme
Silences's beasts / Michelle Bolduc.
Series
Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 2076.
Garland reference library of the humanities. Garland medieval casebooks ; vol. 22.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.

Call number
PA8275.B4 Z63 1999

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