John lydgate, the dance of death, and its model, the french danse macabre /

John lydgate, the dance of death, and its model, the french danse macabre / / edited by Clifford Davidson, Sophie Oosterwijk.

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This edition of John Lydgate's Dance of Death offers a detailed comparison of the different text versions, a new scholarly edition and translation of Guy Marchant's 1485 French Danse Macabre text, and an art-historical analysis of its woodcut illustrations. It addresses the cultural contex...

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TeilnehmendeR:
Oosterwijk, Sophie,
Davidson, Clifford,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • Biographical Information
  • 1 Introduction
  • The Dance of Paul's
  • Iconographic Representations of Death
  • The Dance of Death and the Popular Imagination
  • The Role of Death in Life
  • A Topical and Adaptable Motif
  • The Origins of the Dance of Death
  • The Danse Macabre Mural in Paris
  • Further Dissemination of the Danse Macabre
  • Manuscripts and Printed Texts
  • Manuscripts of the A-Group
  • Manuscripts of the B-Group
  • Editorial Principles
  • Part 1: John Lydgate's Dance of Death
  • 2 Edited Texts: John Lydgate's Dance of Death
  • MS. Bodleian Selden Supra 53
  • Lansdowne MS. 699, fols. 41-50
  • Oxford, Douce BB53
  • 3 Textual Notes: John Lydgate's Dance of Death
  • A-Group (Bodleian Library, MS. Selden Supra 53)
  • B-Group (British Library, MS. Lansdowne 699)
  • Textual Notes to Douce BB.53 (Fakes Edition)
  • 4 Critical Notes: John Lydgate's Dance of Death
  • Stanzas Only in the B-Group, Following the Order of Lansdowne MS. 699
  • Part 2: The French Danse Macabre
  • 5 Edited Text and Translation: Guy Marchant's Danse Macabre (1485)
  • 6 Woodcuts and Comments: Guy Marchant's Danse Macabre (1485)
  • 7 Textual Notes: Guy Marchant's Danse Macabre (1485)
  • 8 Critical Notes: Guy Marchant's Danse Macabre (1485)
  • Appendix: Transcription of the "Chambéry roll", a French Dramatized Danse Macabre Text of the Late Fourteenth or Early Fifteenth Century (Collection Claudius Bouvier, Archives départementales de Savoie, Chambéry, France)
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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