Averting demons
By: Ruth Mellinkoff.
Publisher: Ruth Mellinkoff Publications; Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Los Angles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts.; Art, Medieval -- Themes, motives.; Art, European -- Themes, motives.
Notes: On the cover: The protective power of medieval visual motifs and themes.

Includes bibliographical references (vol. 1, p. 185-195).
Table of contents: title: Volume one: Text; title: List of illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Short titles for artistic documents; title: Introduction; title: Chapter I: Hybrids; title: Chapter II:  Animals and birds; title: Chapter III:  Entertainers; title: Chapter IV:  Heads, masks, and body parts; title: Chapter V:  Violence; title: Chapter VI:  Sexual and scatological display; title: Chapter VII:  Deformities; title: Chapter VIII:  Miscellaneous motifs; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Volume Two: Illustrations.