This book studies the depiction of the hell mouth on church walls, friezes, in manuscript illumination, and in glass, as it was drawn from scriptural, classical, and Anglo-Saxon traditions. Illustrated.
Language
English
Pages
234
Format
Unknown Binding
Release
January 01, 1995
ISBN 13
9780945636694
The Iconography of the Mouth of Hell: Eighth Century Britain to the Fifteenth Century
This book studies the depiction of the hell mouth on church walls, friezes, in manuscript illumination, and in glass, as it was drawn from scriptural, classical, and Anglo-Saxon traditions. Illustrated.