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A beautiful, comprehensive look at the art of the middle ages, in an accessible, gift book format. To measure time and the passing of the seasins has always been 1 of man's occupations. Equally, to read significance into various times and seasons, to see the future in the past, has been a preoccupation since man could count. From the early middle ages, illuminated manuscripts showed the passing of time - for the nobles, for the peasantry - and they interpreted how this might augur for the future. In this highly illustrated book, a scholarly text and an accessible layout combine to produce an insight into a period and an art that are tii often overlooked.
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Medieval Calendars, Teresa Pérez Higuera
- Language
- Released
- 1998
- Binding
- (Hardcover),
- Book condition
- Damaged
- Price
- €7.23
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- Title
- Medieval Calendars
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Teresa Pérez Higuera
- Publisher
- Trafalgar Square
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0297823701
- ISBN13
- 9780297823704
- Series
- Description
- A beautiful, comprehensive look at the art of the middle ages, in an accessible, gift book format. To measure time and the passing of the seasins has always been 1 of man's occupations. Equally, to read significance into various times and seasons, to see the future in the past, has been a preoccupation since man could count. From the early middle ages, illuminated manuscripts showed the passing of time - for the nobles, for the peasantry - and they interpreted how this might augur for the future. In this highly illustrated book, a scholarly text and an accessible layout combine to produce an insight into a period and an art that are tii often overlooked.