Moses the Egyptian in the illustrated Old English Hexateuch (London, British Library Cotton MS Claudius B.iv)
In Moses the Egyptian, Herbert Broderick analyzes the iconography of Moses in the famous illuminated eleventh-century manuscript known as the Illustrated Old English Hexateuch. A translation into Old English of the first six books of the Bible, the manuscript contains over 390 images, of which 127 d...
| Summary: | In Moses the Egyptian, Herbert Broderick analyzes the iconography of Moses in the famous illuminated eleventh-century manuscript known as the Illustrated Old English Hexateuch. A translation into Old English of the first six books of the Bible, the manuscript contains over 390 images, of which 127 depict Moses with a variety of distinctive visual attributes "Cover" -- "Half title" -- "Title Page" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "List of Illustrations" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Introduction" -- "ONE Ways and Means: Methodology" -- "TWO Traces of a Late Antique Exemplar in MS Claudius B.iv: The Book of Genesis" -- "THREE âAnd there arose no more a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses . . .â" -- "FOUR â. . . and he knew not that his face was horned . . .â" -- "FIVE The Veil of Moses" -- "SIX Horns of Pan/Horns of Light" -- "SEVEN Additional Attributes of Moses" -- "EIGHT Conclusion: All Horns/No Hats" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (293 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-268-10207-4 |
