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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Published date: 1993
Size: 10.5 x 15 inches
Weight: 11.05 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Mellinkov has assembled and analyzed an extraordinary compilation of pictorial signs (motifs, attributes, and other artistic devices) used by medieval artists to identify and denigrate those figures deemed outcasts such as Jews, heretics, Muslims, blacks, executioners, prostitutes, lepers, gamblers, footsoldiers, entertainers, and peasants.
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