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Description: Abraham kneeling before the Trinity

TitleAbraham kneeling before the Trinity

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1270–1280

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsVellum

DimensionsUnknown

LocationSt. John's College, Cambridge, UK

https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/manuscripts/medieval_manuscripts/medman/A/K26/K26f9r.htm

Accession numberMS K.26 f.9r

SubjectsMonsters in artTrinity--ArtIllumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval

StatusPsalter, England

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6. Conclusions: What Is a Monster?

Debra Higgs Strickland

Saracens, Demons, and Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art

WE HAVE SEEN THAT a major preoccupation for Christian artists, writers, and theologians during the later Middle Ages was the portrayal of rejected religious and cultural groups. If not the terrifying monsters referred to in the passage quoted above from the Anglo-Saxon Book of Monsters,Liber...

Author

Debra Higgs Strickland

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.241-255

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00183.008

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19755&redirecttoanchor=46561

Chapter subject tags:Theology--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500Christianity and antisemitismChristianity and other religions--MedievalMonsters in art--MedievalIllumination of books and manuscripts, MedievalArt, MedievalBlack people in art--MedievalPrester John (Legendary character)Ethiopians in art--Medieval

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