Kay, Sarah. Animal skins and the reading self in medieval Latin and French bestiaries

Folger bibliographic ID: 351666
Folger call number: PA8275.B4 Z59 2017
Folger holdings ID: 500285

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Introduction: skin, suture, and caesura -- Book, word, page -- Garments of skin -- Orifices and the library -- Cutting the skin: sacrifice, sovereignty, and the space of exception -- The riddle of recognition -- Skin, the inner senses, and the soul as "inner life" -- Conclusion: reading bestiaries

Extended title: Animal skins and the reading self in medieval Latin and French bestiaries / Sarah Kay

Bestiaries Manuscripts, Medieval Parchment Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Books and reading Animals in literature Animals, Mythical, in literature Animals in art Animals, Mythical, in art Human-animal relationships

author: Kay, Sarah