The Mark of the Beast: The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature
| Book | The Mark of the Beast: The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature |
| Editor | Debra Hassig |
| Publisher | Garland Publishing |
| Media Group | Taylor & Francis Group |
| Copyright Holder | Debra Hassig |
| Publisher Series | Garland Medieval Casebooks, Garland Reference Library of the Humanities |
| About/Subject | Bestiary |
| Contributor | Margaret Haist, Mariko Miyazaki, Carmen Brown, Debra Hassig, Valerie Jones, Pamela Gravestock, J. Holly Wheatcroft, Alison Syme, Michelle Bolduc |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York and London |
| This Edition Published | 1998-12 |
| Copyright | 1999 |
| Barcode | 9780815329527 |
| ISBN 10 | 0-8153-2952-0 |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Volume Number | 2076 |
| Chapters | Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations Figures A-K PART 1. SOCIAL REALITIES The Lion, Bloodline, and Kingship — Margaret Haist Misericord Owls and Medieval Anti-semitism — Mariko Miyazaki PART 2. MORAL LESSONS Bestiary Lessons on Pride and Lust — Carmen Brown Sex in the Bestiaries — Debra Hassig The Phoenix and the Resurrection — Valerie Jones PART 3. CLASSICAL INHERITANCES Did Imaginary Animals Exist? — Pamela Gravestock Classical Ideology in the Medieval Bestiary — J. Holly Wheatcroft PART 4. READING BEASTS Taboos and the Holy in Bodley 764 — Alison Syme Silence's Beasts — Michelle Bolduc Appendix: List of Bestiary and Physiologus Manuscripts Contributors Index of Creatures |
| Notes | Printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper Manufactured in the United States of America |
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