Death and the illustrated book : printers, experimentation and the reinvention of the Danse macabre, 1485-c.1530s
This thesis considers the adaptation of the Danse macabre (Dance of Death), a popular late medieval visual and literary theme prevalent in mural paintings, into a series of illustrated books published in France towards the end of the fifteenth century. While the first known edition, printed in Paris...
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University of British Columbia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54609 |