Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Pontius Pilate, anti-semitism, and the Passion in medieval art Pontius Pilate, anti-semitism, and the Passion in medieval art Colum Hourihane Pontius Pilate is one of the Bible's best-known villains--but up until the tenth century, artistic imagery appears to have consistently portrayed him as a benevolent Christian and holy symbol of bapt… OL12038855W
The Green Man The Green Man Richard Hayman Green men are figures or heads that were carved in churches, abbeys and cathedrals from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Inspired by the illustrations in book margins where heads were used to … OL15886041W
Early Spanish manuscript illumination Early Spanish manuscript illumination Williams, John Spanish culture is the result of many civilizations -- Visigoth, Jewish, Berber, Arabic -- which mingled with the traditions of the Romanized Celtic-Iberian population, once colonized by Carthage. Of… OL3057486W
The art of the Vikings The art of the Vikings Shirley Glubok A survey of the art and culture of the Norsemen from approximately 800 A.D. to approximately 1100 A.D. OL3910512W
Ungestalt Ungestalt Valentin Groebner 199 pages : 24 cm OL4053473W
The Uta Codex The Uta Codex Adam S. Cohen 276 p. : 29 cm OL475743W
Uygur patronage in Dunhuang Uygur patronage in Dunhuang Lilla Russell-Smith "This volume explores the long-neglected, but decisive influence of Uygur patrons on Dunhuang art in the tenth and early eleventh centuries. Through an insightful introduction to the hitherto little-… OL9091070W