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From the Ark to the Pulpit: An Edition and Translation of the 'Transitional' Northumberland Bestiary (13th century) (Textes, Etudes, Congres) Paperback - 2010
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- Title From the Ark to the Pulpit: An Edition and Translation of the 'Transitional' Northumberland Bestiary (13th century) (Textes, Etudes, Congres)
- Author C White
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- Publisher Brepols Publishers
- Date 2010-02
- ISBN 9782960076929
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- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
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Brepols - Harvey Miller 2009. Hardcover. XXX 436 p., 32 b/w ill., 160 x 240 mm, Languages: English, Including an index. Fine copy. ISBN 9782960076929. This publication of the thirteenth-century Northumberland Bestiary, formerly the Alnwick Bestiary, provides a complete critical edition of one of the most developed Medieval Latin bestiaries. Even among the few manuscripts in its group, called the ?transitional? family of bestiaries, the Northumberland Bestiary is unique: it crystallizes the fluid combination of narrative, animal lore, and spiritual guidance that characterize the genre. Beginning with creation and covering the gamut of real and imaginary beasts, birds, fish, serpents, worms, man, and trees, this bestiary is a spiritual journey as well as a ?scientific? manual. Under the pretense of zoology, the bestiary is a metaphor for divine creation, a message from the creator through creation. Medieval preachers used the pretense as well as the spiritual allegories that accompany the creatures…
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