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Sealed in Parchment: Rereadings of Knighthood in the Illuminated Manuscripts of Chretien de Troyes
Sealed in Parchment Rereadings of Knighthood in the Illuminated Manuscripts of Chretien de Troyes
Author: Sandra Hindman
Chretien de Troyes was France's great medieval poet?inventor of the genre of courtly romance and popularizer of the Arthurian legend. The forty-four surviving manuscripts of his work (ten of them illuminated) pose a number of questions about who used these books and in what way. In Sealed in Parchment, Sandra Hindman scrutinizes both text...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226341569
ISBN-10: 0226341569
Publication Date: 10/17/1994
Pages: 239
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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