Bestiaries and Their Users in the Middle Ages [Hardcover]

Ron Baxter (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0750918535 | ISBN-13: 978-0750918534 | Publication Date: September 1998 | Edition: illustrated edition

Bestiaries are among the most interesting and varied books of the Middle Ages. Collections of illustrations depicting real and mythical animals and plants accompanied a text which can be traced back to the earliest centuries of the Christian era. Dr. Baxter, employing a completely fresh and comprehensive approach, has undertaken extensive new research into a large corpus of Bestiaries, applying modern narrative theory to their texts and images to reveal the messages encoded in themmessages which were systematically altered as Bestiaries were expanded and restructured. By applying the results of this analysis to medieval library records, he has been able to identify important centres of Bestiary use, and to present a radically different picture of what Bestiaries were to their medieval users.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 242 pages
• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd; illustrated edition edition (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750918535
• ISBN-13: 978-0750918534
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,138,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mystical medieval creatures, August 31, 2000

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Andrea Cabello (Mexico, D.F. Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bestiaries and Their Users in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)

This book is one of the best books on bestiary that I have read. The author, Ron Baxter, uses his knowledge and reseach in the making of this book and it shows. The illustrations play a very important part in the understanding and enjoyment of this book. Baxter uses a detailed description on the animals and beasts that were believed to exist during the middle ages. I recommend this book to the people that likes mystical creatures and the important role they played on religion and art in the Middle Ages

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bestiary and thier Users in the Middle Ages, June 14, 2000

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Jamie Wright - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bestiaries and Their Users in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)

This book is the best book on bestiary that I have read. Ron Baxton really uses his knowledge and reseach in the making of this book and it shows. The magnificant illistrations play an inportant part in the understanding and enjoyment of this book. Baxton uses a detailed description on the many differant animals and beasts that were believed to once roam this earth in the middle ages. This book I recommend to all people with the love of mystical creatures or even the love of animals.