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Anglo-Saxon Gestures and the Roman Stage (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
AngloSaxon Gestures and the Roman Stage - Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England
Author: C. R. Dodwell
This book is concerned with the pictorial language of gesture revealed in Anglo-Saxon art, and its debt to classical Rome. The late Reginald Dodwell, an eminent art historian, notes a striking similarity of both form and meaning between Anglo-Saxon gestures and those in illustrated manuscripts of the plays of Terence, which, he argues, reflect a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521661881
ISBN-10: 0521661889
Publication Date: 1/28/2000
Pages: 189
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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