Medieval Images, Icons, and Illustrated English Literary Texts: From the Ruthwell Cross to the Ellesmere Chaucer

by Maidie Hilmo

The function of images in the major illustrated English poetic works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the early fifteenth century is the primary concern of this book. Hilmo argues that the illustrations have not been sufficiently understood because modern judgments about their artistic merit and fidelity to the literary texts have got in the way of a historical understanding of their function. The author here proves that artists took their work seriously...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754631788
• ISBN13: 9780754631781
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"