Dragons, Heroes, Myths & Magic : The Medieval Art of Storytelling (Paperback Edition)

Dragons, Heroes, Myths & Magic : The Medieval Art of Storytelling (Paperback Edition)Journey through magical fairy tales, chivalric adventures, mystical events and celebrated foundation myths. Trace how folk traditions and the manners of courtly love have developed through generations and across continents and how the most celebrated of ancient stories have become even more fantastical with age. Chantry Westwell has used her profound knowledge of the Library_Ts illuminated manuscript collections to explore some of literature_Ts most

Journey through magical fairy tales, chivalric adventures, mystical events and celebrated foundation myths. Trace how folk traditions and the manners of courtly love have developed through generations and across continents and how the most celebrated of ancient stories have become even more fantastical with age. Chantry Westwell has used her profound knowledge of the Library�_Ts illuminated manuscript collections to explore some of literature�_Ts most enduring and multi-layered stories, together with the deep history of the books and chronicles in which they were first preserved. These powerful tales are presented alongside some of the most exquisite examples of art to survive from the eighth to the sixteenth centuries as medieval artists responded to the inspiring storylines with their own works of supreme beauty.