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In this volume from the Index of Christian Art, a group of scholars makes skilled use of the methodology of iconography to examine a number of significant medieval manuscripts, including the Morgan Picture Bible.

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This very readable and fascinating collection provides a useful introduction to the complexities inherent to our reception of medieval manuscripts. As these essays demonstrate well, manuscripts often carry many stories with them--stories than can reward researchers with new insights into cultural history. While not all of these essays will prove useful to all readers, there is more than enough in this collection to recommend it to a broader audience. --Matthew Heintzelman, The Medieval Review (TMR) All academic libraries should have a copy of this valuable scholarly resource. --International Review of Biblical Studies This very readable and fascinating collection provides a useful introduction to the complexities inherent to our reception of medieval manuscripts. As these essays demonstrate well, manuscripts often carry many stories with them stories than can reward researchers with new insights into cultural history. While not all of these essays will prove useful to all readers, there is more than enough in this collection to recommend it to a broader audience. Matthew Heintzelman, The Medieval Review (TMR) All academic libraries should have a copy of this valuable scholarly resource. International Review of Biblical Studies This very readable and fascinating collection provides a useful introduction to the complexities inherent to our reception of medieval manuscripts. As these essays demonstrate well, manuscripts often carry many stories with them--stories than can reward researchers with new insights into cultural history. While not all of these essays will prove useful to all readers, there is more than enough in this collection to recommend it to a broader audience. --Matthew Heintzelman, The Medieval Review (TMR) All academic libraries should have a copy of this valuable scholarly resource. --International Review of Biblical Studies This very readable and fascinating collection provides a useful introduction to the complexities inherent to our reception of medieval manuscripts. As these essays demonstrate well, manuscripts often carry many stories with them stories than can reward researchers with new insights into cultural history. While not all of these essays will prove useful to all readers, there is more than enough in this collection to recommend it to a broader audience. Matthew Heintzelman, The Medieval Review (TMR) All academic libraries should have a copy of this valuable scholarly resource. International Review of Biblical Studies This very readable and fascinating collection provides a useful introduction to the complexities inherent to our reception of medieval manuscripts. As these essays demonstrate well, manuscripts often carry many stories with them stories than can reward researchers with new insights into cultural history. While not all of these essays will prove useful to all readers, there is more than enough in this collection to recommend it to a broader audience. Matthew Heintzelman, The Medieval Review (TMR) This very readable and fascinating collection provides a useful introduction to the complexities inherent to our reception of medieval manuscripts. As these essays demonstrate well, manuscripts often carry many stories with them--stories than can reward researchers with new insights into cultural history. While not all of these essays will prove useful to all readers, there is more than enough in this collection to recommend it to a broader audience. --Matthew Heintzelman, The Medieval Review (TMR) All academic libraries should have a copy of this valuable scholarly resource. International Review of Biblical Studies All academic libraries should have a copy of this valuable scholarly resource. --International Review of Biblical Studies

This very readable and fascinating collection provides a useful introduction to the complexities inherent to our reception of medieval manuscripts. As these essays demonstrate well, manuscripts often carry many stories with them--stories than can reward researchers with new insights into cultural history. While not all of these essays will prove useful to all readers, there is more than enough in this collection to recommend it to a broader audience. --Matthew Heintzelman, The Medieval Review (TMR)

<p> All academic libraries should have a copy of this valuable scholarly resource. <p>--International Review of Biblical Studies

All academic libraries should have a copy of this valuable scholarly resource. --International Review of Biblical Studies

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Colum Hourihane is Director of the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University.

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