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Émile Mâle; trans. Dora Nussey.
The Gothic Image: Religious Art in France of the Thirteenth Century.
Published New York: Harper and Row, 1958 (originally issued 1913, under the title Religious Art in France, XIII Century: A Study in Mediæval Iconography and its Sources of Inspiration; translated from the 3rd French edn.)
Series: The Cathedral Library.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer not stated.
Size: 135x202x24mm.
Page count: xxiv,414pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition poor: ex‑lib. Leicester Polytechnic; a rather battered copy, heavy wear at the corners and edges, the front cover creased and partly detached; some creasing to the spine, the binding occasionally feels loose internally; appears to be missing a half-title page, otherwise no pages are detached; the usual library marks and stamps, and at least 4 pages have some pencilledmarks, including some underlining.

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[Perseus/Westview Press edn. in print at $71.00/£32.99]
Weight without packaging: 441g.

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Contents: General characteristics of mediæval iconography; Method used in this study — the Mirrors of Vincent of Beauvais; Mirror of Nature; Mirror of Instruction; Mirror of Morals; Mirror of History — Old Testament; Gospels; Apocryphal stories — Old & New Testaments; Saints & Golden Legend; Antiquity — secular history; Close of history — Apocalypse — Last Judgment; Conclusion.
Appendix: List of principal works devoted to the life of Christ.

Introduction: pp
Notes: at foot of page
Tables: 1
Illustrations: 190 monochrome illustrations
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: Works of art

See also | Iconography | Gothic |
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