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| Genre/Form: | Romances Illustrations Romances Art Illustrations |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Alexander, the Great; Alexander, the Great; Alexander, the Great |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Cruse; Bodleian Library. |
| ISBN: | 9781843842804 1843842807 |
| OCLC Number: | 751832774 |
| Description: | ix, 224 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | A Monument to Cortoisie -- Urban Conquest and Spectacle -- "Apraigne d'Alixandre" : Illuminating Exemplarity in Bodley 264 -- Alexander, Crusade, and the East in Bodley 264 -- The Production, Patronage, and Later Reception of Bodley 264 -- Conclusion: Alexander in the Late Middle Ages -- Afterword: Mirror In Pixels. |
| Series Title: | Gallica (Woodbridge (Suffolk, England)), v. 22. |
| Other Titles: | Manuscript as monument Roman d'Alexandre. Alexander the Great (Romances, etc.) |
| Responsibility: | Mark Cruse. |
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This interesting work delivers an interdisciplinary approach of the motivation behind the Roman d'Alexandre's production, by offering a refreshing overview of its different purposes. By drawing upon a wide range of disciplines such as literature, art history, history and book history, Cruse achieves to appeal to a wide academic audience. It is beautifully illustrated by high quality reproductions of the manuscript's most fascinating pages, which adds to its appeal. CILIP - RARE BOOKS NEWSLETTER (A) carefully researched and elegantly written book... (Cruse's) methods and balanced approach provide a model that could profitably be applied to the study of other illuminated manuscripts containing vernacular narratives. FRENCH STUDIES Read more...
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Related Subjects:(8)
- Bodleian Library. -- Bodley 264.
- Roman d'Alexandre -- Illustrations.
- Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Romances -- Illustrations.
- Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Romances -- History and criticism.
- Alexander, -- the Great, -- 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Art.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Themes, motives.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, French.
