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The Horned Moses in Medieval Art and Thought [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO RABBI RAGINS]
by Mellinkoff, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g+ to near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520017056
- ISBN 13
- 9780520017054
- Seller
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to near fine. Inscribed to Rabbi Ragins, signed and dated by author on title page. 4to. xix, 210, 80pp of plates. Original pictorial dustjacket over mottled blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. The author "...explores, among other topics, how horns figure in ancient and barbarian, Anglo-Saxon arts; the commentaries of theologians; the possible relevance of the bishop's horned miter; and the confusion that may have arisen from a belief, widespread in the Middle ages, that horns were a demonic attribute of Jews." Illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions of various medieval art relating to the subject. Light wear along edges of dj and minor stain at bottom right front cover; price-clipped. Tight copy with dust jacket in overall good+, book in near fine condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38173
- Title
- The Horned Moses in Medieval Art and Thought [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO RABBI RAGINS]
- Author
- Mellinkoff, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+ to near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520017056
- ISBN 13
- 9780520017054
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- judaism, jewry, medieval europe, middle ages, medieval art, medieval church, medieval literature, medieval folklore, moses in art, 11th century england, eleventh century england
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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