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Religious art in France, XIII century; a study in mediaeval iconography and its sources of inspiration

CONTENTS PREFACE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XXI INTRODUCTION I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDIAEVAL ICONOGRAPHY I I. — Mediaeval Iconography is a script. II.— It is a calculus. The mystic numbers. III. — It is a symbolic code. Art and the Liturgy. II. METHOD USED IN THIS STUDY OF MEDIÆVAL ICONOGRAPHY — THE MIRRORS OF VINCENT OF BEAUVAIS 23 BOOK I THE MIRROR OF NATURE 27 I. — To the mediæval mind the universe a symbol. Sources of this conception. The "Key" of Melito. The Bestiaries. II. — Animals represented in the churches; their meaning not always symbolic. Symbols of the Evangelists. Window at Lyons. Frieze at Strasburg. Influence of Honorius of Autun ; the Bestiaries. III. — Exaggerations of the symbolic school. Symbolism sometimes absent. Flora and fauna of the thirteenth century. Gargoyles, monsters. BOOK II THE MIRROR OF INSTRUCTION 64 I. — Labour and learning; their part in the work of redemption. Manual work. Representations of the labours of the months; illustrated calendars. II. — Instruction; the Trivium and Quadrivium. Martianus Capella and the Seven Arts. Influence of his book on mediæval Literature and Art. III. — Representations of Philosophy. Influence of B

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