Averting Demons
Subtitle: The Protecting Power of Medieval Visual Motifs and Themes, 2 Volumes
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: March 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780974801902
Subjects: Christian Life - Spiritual Warfare; Christianity - History - General; Religion; Religion - Church History
First sentence: An enormous range of unusual imagery appears in early, late, and very late medieval art in contexts as varied as the exterior sculptures of gargoyles, roof bosses, lintels, tympana, and corbels of churches throughout Europe; stone and wood carvings on capitals and misericords, armrests, bench endings, and coffin-tombs; frescoes; illuminated manuscripts; pilgrim badges; heraldic signs; and many other Christian objects.