Title: Anglo-Saxon Gestures and the Roman Stage (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
Description: "This book is concerned with the pictorial language of gesture revealed in Anglo-Saxon art, and its debt to classical Rome. Reginald Dodwell, an eminent art historian and former Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, notes a striking similarity of both form and meaning between Anglo-Saxon gestures and those in illustrated manuscripts of the plays of Terence." "The book, which is extensively illustrated, illuminates our understanding of the vigour of late Anglo-Saxon art and its ability to absorb and transpose continental influence."--Jacket.
Subjects: Latin drama, medieval and modern, history and criticism, Gesture in literature, Roman Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gesture in art, Appreciation, Acting, Latin drama (Comedy), Illustrations, Art, Anglo-Saxon, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon, Manuscripts, Codice Bembino, Gesture, History