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Mellinkoff, Ruth. - Outcasts: Signs of Otherness in Northern European Art of the Late Middle Ages.

Title: Outcasts: Signs of Otherness in Northern European Art of the Late Middle Ages.
Description: Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1993 31 x 24 cm, two volumes, red cloth hardcovers with dust jackets. Volume 1: Text, 360 pages; Volume 2: Illustrations, unpaginated with nearly 700 images, most in color. This work examines the pictorial signs used by medieval artists to identify and denigrate figures considered outcasts, including Jews, heretics, Muslims, blacks, executioners, prostitutes, lepers, gamblers, foot soldiers, entertainers, and peasants. Focuses on art from Northern Europe, primarily from the 13th to the mid-16th century. Spines of the dust jackets are sun-faded; otherwise in fine condition. Total weight 4.82 kg. Extra shipping costs may apply. See picture. Gewicht/Weight: 4820 grs.

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Price: EUR 200.00 = appr. US$ 217.37 Seller: Boekhandel-Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers
- Book number: 78609