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Routledge Medieval Images, Icons, and Illustrated English Literary Texts

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This scholarly work examines the function of images in major illustrated English poetic texts spanning from the Anglo-Saxon period through the early fifteenth century, tracing the evolution from the Ruthwell Cross to the Ellesmere Chaucer. The author challenges conventional modern assessments that have prioritized artistic merit and textual fidelity over historical understanding, arguing instead that medieval artists approached their work with serious intent and theological purpose. Through detailed analysis, the book demonstrates that illustrators possessed genuine familiarity with vernacular poems and employed innovative techniques to represent an invisible spiritual order of reality. By reconsidering how images functioned within their original contexts rather than through contemporary aesthetic judgements, this study reveals the sophisticated visual literacy and artistic agency of medieval craftsmen. Essential for scholars of medieval literature, art history, and the intersection of visual and textual culture in pre-modern England.

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Covers illustrated English poetic works from the Anglo-Saxon period through the early fifteenth century.

Argues that medieval artists represented an invisible order of reality through their image-making practices.

Demonstrates that illustrators possessed authentic familiarity with the vernacular poems they accompanied.

Challenges modern artistic judgements to recover the historical function of medieval manuscript illustrations.

Examines major texts including the Ruthwell Cross and the Ellesmere Chaucer as primary examples.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
08 January 2004
Listed Since
05 February 2007

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