Description
Book SynopsisA study of the relationship between text and picture in the only surviving illustrated Anglo-Saxon poetic manuscript. It locates the manuscript within the cultural contexts in which it was produced, documenting its transformation by poets, artists, scholars and editors from biblical poetry to a national historical narrative.
Trade Review"...a fine start toward an important goal." SPECULUM
"Karkov...proposes a new and more sophisticated understanding of the relationship of text an image..In doing so she raises the level of discourse both for Junius II and for late Anglo-Saxon illumination in general." CAA Reviews
"A solid and thorough analysis of one of the most striking pieces of Anglo-Saxon codicological art that has come down to us. It will be valuable to everone working on the relation of text and image in Anglo-Saxon England." Zeitschrift fuer Anglistik und Amerikanistik
"... the results are definitely worth considering." Albion
Table of ContentsList of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: problems and solutions; 2. Structure, style and design; 3. The pictorial narrative of Genesis; 4. Word, sign and reader; 5. The book and the body; 6. The historical narrative; Bibliography; Index.
