Our dogs, our selves : : dogs in Medieval and early modern art, literature, and society / / edited by Laura D. Gelfand.
The ubiquity of references to dogs in medieval and early modern texts and images must at some level reflect their actual presence in those worlds, yet scholarly consideration of this material is rare and scattered across diverse sources. This volume addresses that gap, bringing together fifteen essa...
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| Superior document: | Art and material culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe ; v. 6 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016] |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (461 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction: Our Dogs, Our Selves / Laura D. Gelfand
- 1 In Praise of Dogs: An Encomium Theme from Classical Greece to Renaissance Italy / Craig A. Gibson
- 2 Who Did Let the Dogs Out?—Nuisance Dogs in Late Medieval and Early Modern England / Emily Cockayne
- 3 Wolf Cubs, the Butchers, and the Beaune Town Council / Kathleen Ashley
- 4 Dogs in Medieval Egyptian Sufi Literature / Nathan Hofer
- 5 Fables, Bestiaries, and the Bayeux Embroidery: Man’s Best Friend Meets the “Animal Turn” / Elizabeth Carson Pastan
- 6 Federico Barocci’s Faithful Fidos: A Study in the Efficacy of Counter-Reformation Imagery / Judith W. Mann
- 7 And Your Little Dog Too: Michal’s Lapdog and the Romance of the Old Testament / Alexa Sand
- 8 The Commedia of Joachim and Anna at the Scrovegni Chapel / Jane C. Long
- 9 Jagd nach der Treue, or When Desire Met Devotion / Jane Carroll
- 10 From Biblical Beast to Faithful Friend: A Short Note on the Iconography of Footrests on Tomb Monuments / Sophie Oosterwijk
- 11 The Canine Domain: At the Feet of the Royal Tomb Effigies in Capetian France / Donna L. Sadler
- 12 Eternal Devotion: The Stone Canine Companions of Gothic Castilla y León / Janet Snyder
- 13 Medieval Scavengers: Dogs in Japanese Handscrolls / Karen M. Gerhart
- 14 Dogs in the Identity Formation and Moral Teaching Offered in Some Fifteenth-Century Flemish Manuscript Miniatures / John B. Friedman
- 15 Metaphorical Dogs in the Later Middle Ages: The Dogs of God and the Hounds of Hell / Walter S. Gibson
- Bibliography / Laura D. Gelfand
- Index / Laura D. Gelfand.